That's not my rocket by Fiona Watt and Rachel Wells

A new board book in the Usborne series, ‘That’s not my …’ will find its way into many small hands fitting comfortably in their palms while feeling the different surfaces presented as the pages are turned. Each double page gives the same statement, ‘That’s not my rocket’ and a reason then given to show that this rocket is different. Toddlers will love yelling out the repeated sentence, feeling the uneven surface on each page and looking for the differences shown in the bright illustrations.

This is a fun book for the very young, one to be shared with older readers, with a stress on the importance of feeling surfaces and developing some new words. Interactive play will be encouraged as an older child reads the book with the toddler, pointing out the differences, explaining what each rough surface might be, and comparing rockets.

Themes: Rocket, Surfaces, Difference.

Fran Knight