That's Not My...

Mark loves books. We discovered Usborne books at one of the fairs I worked at last year. We purchased a couple of toddler friendly books. One has proven to be a favorite with Mark.



That's Not My Airplane! by Fiona Watt is Mark's favorite of the "That's Not My" series of books. We have a couple others in the series, but this one is the one he requests the most. We typically end up reading it at least twice.

What is unique about the "That's Not My" series is that there are several ways to read the book. First of all, just read it as is. It goes through saying "that's not my (fill in the blank)" and stating the reason why. The last page states "that is my (fill in the blank)."

Second is that each page has a touch element to it in relation to the words. So the child can feel different textures on each page.

Third is the white mouse. There is a little white mouse on each page, sometimes it is harder to find than other times. It encourages the child to find the mouse on each page.


When we read it with Mark we typically go through it regularly reading the story and touching the different textures. Then we read it again with Mark finding the mouse on each page.

Mark likes to "read" it too and will make up the story as he goes along. We look forward to adding more books to our collection. Usborne books are usually bought from a consultant, though we have found one or two at a consignment store.