In the Forest: A Nature Trail Book (Maurice Pledger Nature Trails)

This is my very favorite childrens book. I am heartbroken that this series in now out of print. How can that be? The natural world is every child's birthright and these beautifully illustrated touch and feel books introduce the child to what treasures are out in nature for them to discover.Cute books about little bunnies dressed up like humans are all very sweet but these books have real animals, fish, insects etc. for the child to learn about their own, real world.I would encourage the publishers to re-print them and do a much better job of advertising them and getting the word out.Pam Hawes

The touch and feel books by Maurice Pledger are nice but we like the Peek and Find (Oliva Owl, Bobby Bear)books by the same author better. These touch and feel books have beautiful animal illustrations hidden under flaps on each page with a patch of textured material to touch. Although the books are recommended for age 3+ we started reading these with our granddaughter at 15 months and have read each book many times. You do have to be a bit gentle with the flaps, but we don't worry about a little damage. The used books that we bought from Amazon connected vendors gave excellent service and excellent condition books.

I bought this touch-and-feel book used. Needless to say that a lot of supervision is necessary when this book is read by toddlers...We have already some Maurice Pledger's books and I still plan to buy more of them. These books are wonderfully illustrated, they make the difference. I highly recommend them.

Well made for children. Quality material & durable. This book engages their senses. It is a touch & feel book, as well as a counting & "can you find" book.

My daughter loved these books so I got some of them for my Grandneice

touch and feel is always a big hit

This book is amazing! The illustrations could be framed on your wall, they are that lovely! Then, there are many more things to touch and feel than most books of this category... and the things you feel are really unique (fall leaves, butterfly wings, rose petals, snake skin, etc.) This is NOT your typical touch and feel book with six different animals that all feel "soft and fluffy"! Add to this, there is the fun of flaps with extra surprises "hiding" behind them (my toddler LOVES that feature) and a snail that is hiding on every page (my toddler still cannot find the snail on each page... proof to me that this book will continue to hold her interest for a long time to come, since she has not exhausted all its features yet!) You won't be disappointed by this book!!

We have three of these books. The other two we have are "In the Ocean", and "In the Rain Forest". The rain forest and forest ones are her favorite and she isn't even one year old yet. I give a lot of credit to these books because they are the only things that can keep her still for a long period of time. They have been life savers on airplane rides. I believe they have also encouraged her early love of books.