Nursery World - Feel me, squeeze me, love me

It's never too soon to introduce children to books, and the safe, stimulating way to do this is via the fabric variety From birth

From birth

Galt's new range of soft books really can come into use from birth because they are small and flexible enough to be scrunched up and manipulated by the tiniest of hands. Each book measures around 9 x 10cm and comes with a moulded plastic ring which you detach and fix through the cloth buttonhole on the binding of the book. In this way, you can attach the book to a pushchair, car seat, cot or baby chair, to avoid the frustration of the book disappearing when the baby releases her grasp. There are six different books in this series, running along the familiar themes of Farm; Jungle; Garden; Pets; Travel and Teddy's Day. All of them come in bright colours with different textures to explore on each page, including 'bobbly', 'silky', 'furry' and 'soft'. 'Lift the flap' features are also included, and the graphics are simple without being twee. In the Travel book, for example, the balloon has a 'bobbly' texture, the train engine has a 'soft'

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