The Button Book

by Sally Nicholls

Bethan Woollvin (Illustrator)

This silly and sweet picture book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here.

Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it?

Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things!

From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day.

A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!).

• ISBN10: 0735267154
• ISBN13: 9780735267152
• Publish Date: 14 January 2020 (first published 3 October 2019)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Tundra Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780735267152

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

The Button Book is a fun and engaging activity book for the youngest readers. Due out 14th Jan 2020 from Penguin Random House on their Tundra imprint, it's 32 pages and will be available in hardcover format.

This is an interactive story activity book with a group of animal friends pushing a different colored button on each 2-page spread. There's a hugging button, a tickle button, a singing button, a *thbbbpppt* raspberry button, etc. I can see this becoming a perennial favorite activity book. I don't imagine it would make a good bedtime book with all the raspberrying and tickling and bouncing, but it definitely would make a fun activity at other reading times.

The art is colorful, simple, energetic, and whimsical. The text is very easy to follow and fun. There are fun 'hidden' buttons in the book also, inviting a closer look for readers. The typesetting in Sassoon infant font is bouncy and easy to read.

This is a fun book. Not a bedtime read, but a fun book nonetheless. Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.