Books to develop fine motor skills
Babies and toddlers love using their hands and books are excellent tools for encouraging their fine motor skills. This selection of sturdy board books includes lots of flaps to lift, trails to follow with a finger and sliders to push and pull. Children love the fun of making things happen, and they don't necessarily need special features. Turning the page of any book brings a change of picture and demands excellent hand-eye coordination and pincer grip (or grasp).
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Follow the Trail: Minibeasts
Author: DK
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Follow the Trail: Minibeasts
Author: DK
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This fun book offers lots of interaction, from the trails (which are great for fine motor skills and getting used to tracing, a pr…
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Look Out! Hungry Snake: A hide-and-seek flap book
Author: Paul Delaney
Interest level: 0-1
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Look Out! Hungry Snake: A hide-and-seek flap book
Author: Paul Delaney
Interest level: 0-1
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This lovely lift-the-flap book – with good, thick pages and flaps– is colourful and playful, and introduces little ones…
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Where’s Mrs Car?
Author: Ingela P Arrhenius
Interest level: 0-1
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Where’s Mrs Car?
Author: Ingela P Arrhenius
Interest level: 0-1
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Introducing babies and young toddlers to the names of a small selection of transport types, Where’s Mrs Car? follows the…
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Roar! Roar! I’m a Dinosaur!
Author: Jo Lodge
Interest level: 1-3
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Roar! Roar! I’m a Dinosaur!
Author: Jo Lodge
Interest level: 1-3
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Meet some brightly coloured dinosaurs in this interactive board book where little ones can push the tabs on each page to bring the…
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Suki Cat Astronaut
Author: Grace Habib
Interest level: 2-3
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Suki Cat Astronaut
Author: Grace Habib
Interest level: 2-3
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Help Suki zoom to the moon by pushing and pulling the sliders. Interactive and with charming illustrations, this would be perfect …
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Bizzy Bear: Racing Driver
Author: Benji Davies
Interest level: 0-3
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Bizzy Bear: Racing Driver
Author: Benji Davies
Interest level: 0-3
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Bizzy Bear is having another amazing adventure. This time, he’s a racing driver on a Formula One track. The chunky pages and thick…
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Get Dressed Belly Button!
Author: Lucie Brunellière
Interest level: 2-3
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Get Dressed Belly Button!
Author: Lucie Brunellière
Interest level: 2-3
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A completely unique, original baby book that will delight both babies and adults. Turn the pages to layer on the clothes and get t…
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Old Macdonald Had a Farm
Author: Camilla Reid Illustrator: Jill Howarth
Interest level: 2-3
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Old Macdonald Had a Farm
Author: Camilla Reid Illustrator: Jill Howarth
Interest level: 2-3
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Young children will love singing along to the familiar nursery rhyme Old Macdonald while learning to count to five in this delight…
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Uh-oh Niko: Bedtime
Author: Chris Chatterton
Interest level: 0-3
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Uh-oh Niko: Bedtime
Author: Chris Chatterton
Interest level: 0-3
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A sturdy board book with sliders to push and flaps to lift, starring a sweet bear called Niko.
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Bear’s Wash Day
Author: Nicola Kent
Interest level: 2-3
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Bear’s Wash Day
Author: Nicola Kent
Interest level: 2-3
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Can you help Bear do the washing by lifting the flaps and turning the wheels? Lots of interactive fun for babies and toddlers, whi…
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Dinosaur's Wobbly Bottom
Author: Kit Frost Illustrator: Sam Rennocks
Interest level: 0-5
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Dinosaur's Wobbly Bottom
Author: Kit Frost Illustrator: Sam Rennocks
Interest level: 0-5
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A cheeky and interactive board book all about dancing, wobbly dinos!
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Make Tracks: Emergency
Author: Johnny Dyrander
Interest level: 2-3
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Make Tracks: Emergency
Author: Johnny Dyrander
Interest level: 2-3
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Robust, interactive board book on emergency vehicles.
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Happy as a Lamb: Choose Your Mood, Express Your Feelings
Author: Illustrator: Teresa Bellón
Interest level: 2-3
Reading age: 4-5
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Happy as a Lamb: Choose Your Mood, Express Your Feelings
Author: Illustrator: Teresa Bellón
Interest level: 2-3
Reading age: 4-5
Happy as a Lamb is a really clever and well-thought-out board book, but it’s really more of a tool f…
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