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Interactive Picture Books

March 10, 2021 | marianne

Looking for picture books that engage the senses? Try these interactive stories that invite the reader to touch, tap, mix-and-match, make guesses, and respond to questions.

Axel Scheffler's flip flap safari by Axel Scheffler

An interactive story features colorful flip-sections of safari animal body parts that can be mixed and matched to create up to 121 possible combinations.

From head to toe by Eric Carle

Giraffes can bend their necks, monkeys can wave their hands, and donkeys can kick their legs. And so can you! Throughout this interactive book, the animals of From Head to Toe invite young readers to copy their antics as they play.

I spy in the sky by Edward Gibbs

Up in the sky there are many colorful birds to spy, each of them different. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess which one is next. Then turn the page to reveal the creature. 

Magic opposites by Patrick George

An illustrated, interactive introduction to opposites features transparent acetate pages that enable children to transform a boy's bow tie into a girl's hair bow, shift an arrow from left to right, and release an owl from its cage.

The monster at the end of this book by Jon Stone

Grover pleads with young readers not to turn the pages of this book because he doesn't want to meet up with the monster on the last page.

Pet this book by Jessica (Jessica E.) Young

There are lots of ways little hands can care for animals. Each page of this book invites readers to pet the cat, wash the puppy, brush the horse's mane, and more--no animals required! With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of pets who can't wait to play. 

Play this book by Jessica (Jessica E.) Young

Each page of this interactive book invites readers to strum the guitar, slide the trombone, crash the cymbals, and more. With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of instruments waiting to share their sounds. 

Press here by Hervé Tullet

Each page of this surprising book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt the book, and who knows what will happen next!

Touch the brightest star by illustrator Christie Matheson

This interactive bedtime story proves nighttime isn't scary at all. The gentle journey from sunset to sunrise shows even the youngest children the magic of the nighttime sky--and lets them make magic happen.

When a tiger comes to dinner by Jessica Olien

An interactive picture-book story features a little mouse host who invites readers to help prepare for a visit from an unlikely tiger friend.