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The World of Dinosaur Roar!: Can You Touch a Dinosaur?

Peter Curtis, Author

Can you touch a dinosaur? Feel the textured patches, enjoy the rhyming story and discover amazing dinosaur facts in this interactive touch-and-feel adventure!

Join five friendly dinosaurs from the bestselling The World of Dinosaur Roar! series by Peter Curtis, in a hands-on board book packed with textures, bright illustrations and fascinating prehistoric discoveries.

What might a dinosaur have felt like? From rough scales and soft feathers to bumpy armour and hard horns, Can You Touch a Dinosaur? helps little ones imagine these incredible creatures through a variety of engaging touch-and-feel textures.

With playful rhyming text, fun dinosaur facts and sturdy pages designed for little hands, this interactive book encourages sensory exploration while introducing children to some of their favourite dinosaurs. Touch the textured patches as you meet dinosaurs with rough scales, soft feathers, lumpy armour, strong horns and even a sticky tongue!

Perfect for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, this engaging sensory book supports early learning, language development and find motor skills while making story time fun and memorable.

Written and created by Peter Curtis, author of What Dinosaur Am I?, Can You Touch a Dinosaur? is part of the bestselling The World of Dinosaur Roar! series. Inspired by the much-loved classic picture book Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland, this colourful collection introduces authentic dinosaur species through friendly characters, interactive features and age-appropriate facts.

Perfect for:
Babies, toddlers and preschoolers who love dinosaurs
Interactive touch-and-feel reading experiences
Developing sensory and fine motor skills
Early language learning through rhyme and repetition
Gifts for children aged 1+ who enjoy hands-on discovery

Meet five friendly dinosaurs from The World of Dinosaur Roar! in this Touch and Feel book by Peter Curtis. Little ones will enjoy touching the textured patches as they meet dinosaurs with rough scales, soft feathers, lumpy armour, hard horns and a sticky tongue!

Written and created by Peter Curtis, author of What Dinosaur Am I?, Can You Touch a Dinosaur? is part of The World of Dinosaur Roar! series. Inspired by the classic picture book, Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland, this colourful series introduces a cast of authentic dinosaur characters to very young children. All facts are approved by the Department of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum in London.

Peter Curtis

Peter Curtis is a best-selling author, award winning producer and creator of children’s characters, books and television series known and loved around the world.

With over a million book sales to his name, Peter is the creator and author of the popular children’s book series, The World of Dinosaur Roar! published by Hachette Children’s Group and produced in association with the Natural History Museum.

Peter has written 15 books so far in The World of Dinosaur Roar! series including Dinosaur Roar and Friends! which was specially created for the 25th Anniversary of World Book Day 2022. His latest book, What Dinosaur Am I? A Lift-the-Flap book is frequently in the best-selling books for children on Dinosaurs.