Never Touch a Shark!
You must never touch a shark . . . unless it's in this book! This ocean-themed touch-and-feel board book is great for children of all ages and fits perfectly into tiny hands. Kids will love reading the silly rhymes that warn the dangers of touching the animals--and then ignoring the advice!
Children of all ages, 0 and up, will enjoy:
- The innovative and engaging silicone touch-and-feel features on every spread
- The bright and vibrant illustrations
- The silly and easy-to-read rhymes that involve the fun ocean creatures
- Receiving this fun book as a birthday gift, stocking stuffer, Easter basket goody, road trip activity, or just because
Parents and their little ones will enjoy reading aloud Never Touch a Shark again and again.
If your child enjoys Never Touch a Shark, check out the rest of the Never Touch … series Never Touch a Polar Bear, Never Touch a Porcupine, Never Touch a Spider, Never Touch a Dinosaur, Never Touch a Dragon, Never Touch a Monster, and Never Touch a Tiger.
Reviews (205)
Best One in the Series
This is my favorite out of all the “Never Touch A...” series, though I agree with a previous comment that “Never Touch a Sea Creature” would’ve been a more appropriate title. Great variety of textures and bold colors, with rhymes that are cute but not aggresssive or scary (some other rhymes from other books in the series involve being eaten by a monster and the like).
Meh.
I don't like these "Never Touch a..." books. I don't know if its just me, but it seems weird to say never touch something, but you can dance with them or have food offered by them, but then it encourages them to touch and feel the animal? It doesn't make sense. Also, this book was so annoying that they kept using made up words. Like "buoy band" and "fintastic". This is supposedly teaching young children to read and those aren't real words. I don't know if the other "Never touch a" books have those play on words, but it's just dumb, kids don't understand the reference anyway. Was hoping for more since I can't stand the "That's not my..." books either. Hopefully someone educated can make a touch and feel book that has some substance.
Printed with a Typo
Last page has a typo that had bothered us, we should have returned it. It should say say " So never touch a sea creature who IS in this rhyme" instead it says ISN'T. The ending makes no sense Never Touch A Dinosaur is the better choice!
Weak binding, books fall apart
I bought all of the books in this series because my daughter (who is now 15 months) LOVED the first one I bought. She loved all of them but in many the rhymes are terrible. I would have given them 5 stars except within 2 months the binding on ALL of them had ripped and the books basically fell apart. SO disappointed because these were a favorite! Update- I bought a new copy after the binding broke on the first one because my daughter really liked the book. Within 1 week the binding on the new book is also broken. TERRIBLE quality.
Good size book, nice textures, and fairly cute story!
Love the textures and story. It’s pretty cute. Durable too. Update as we have had the whole series now for almost a year. The binding of the book doesn’t hold up amazingly but would still buy them because you can be careful, tape it and/or just buy again.
Cute, but not as cute as others in this line
In general I really love these books. We have the monster book, and the dragon book, and I’ve looked through the dinosaur book and they are all super cute with catchy rhymes. I give them all 5 stars. I gave this one 4 stars because the story is not nearly as cute as the others. We still like it, but if you can only choose one or two I would pick one of the other three that I mentioned over this one.
Great buy! Fun book for infants and toddlers
I love ALL the Never Touch A.. books. My 1 year old twins love all the textures to touch. I will say that the shark one was very slightly dirty with some black marks on the white teeth but easily cleaned and to be expected with storage and shipping. These books are meant for kids pre reading level. Mostly (I feel) for baby to toddler ages when a touch and feel book is most entertaining. With that in mind, I was not bothered in least with the puns and made up words. They are fun and create opportunity for more visuals which again is valuable to the EARLY book lovers.
Great textures, ok writing.
Here's the story: I read a portion of "never touch a spider" to my kiddo in the grocery store, and loved it. I instantly went to order it and saw upon reading reviews that this one was "better". In my opinionz it is not. The feeling textures are awesome, but the text lacks the charm of the other in it's series. Some pages have very forced rhymes which make it awkward to read. I wish there was something, any tiny thing, that connected the characters to each other, which would not have been hard to do on the last page, but failed. Overall, , this book is very entertaining to babies and toddlers just because of the textures. I am a huge fan of that and the adorable illustrations, but those small factors just add up to the book not being very fun to read aloud.
Some content errors in final rhyme, but cute
I bought this because my daughter loves sharks, and overall it’s a fun, cute story. But the shark’s teeth on the front cover were already grimy looking when I first opened it, and the rhyme on the last page is awful (and makes no sense; I think there’s a typo affecting the content). It’s painful to read that last page but my daughter is too young to pick up on awkward rhyming. She loves the textures and those are nicely varied.
My favorite one of this series so far!
My favorite one of this series so far! It’s many sea creatures, not just sharks. Also has more detailed textures.
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