Tickle, Tickle (Oxenbury Board Books)

My adults sons still love this book. I just bought one for our new grandson. Precious!

My kids, now grown, loved this book, and some of the other Helen Oxenbury books ("Clap Hands" is another one, but "Tickle, Tickle" was our favorite.) It's my preferred gift to buy new parents and over 20 years later, I kept our original copy. Young children are drawn to the larger faces and the light, happy, nurturing theme is delightful!

These are the BEST board books . Beautiful illustrations. Few words . Interactive joyful stories .

My son absolutely loves this book. The text is lyrical and the illustrations endearing. My only surprise when we received it was that the book is only 4 pages long! The text consists of one short poem, one line per page. That just means that we have to read it at least 3 times before my son (13mos) has his fill. Also, the copy we received has a white cover instead of purple. Overall, though, this is lovely book, and quite different from others we have seen in its simple charm. We also have Clap Hands and Say Goodnight by the same author, and they are equally lovely.

Adorable pics and fun rhythemic story. I recieved this book as a gift 25 years ago when my children were babies, and I like it so much that I often purchase it to put with baby gifts. I love that there of children of differenct raves in the book.

One of my favorite baby books. My children are adults and I always made an effort to read multicultural books to them, and this was one of our favorites, especially getting tickled at the end! A great addition to baby's library.

The large faces and simple text.

great book for a little one. sweet, simple, clear and warm.

My sister told me to buy this for my 1 year old and despite my initial thoughts she would not be interested as it's only 4 pages long as was captivated by each page (especially while I was acting out what was happening) so this gets 5 stars from me. I'm looking forward to when she can start acting the motions out herself

A friend recommended me this book, and I have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed when I first received it. But my twin one-year olds completely LOVE it. So much so, that one of the first words they have learnt to say is "tickle". They clearly identify with the babies in the pictures and try and immitate what they are doing. We wondered for a while why one of them kept grabbing her clothes when she reached for ths book, until we looked more carefully at the front cover! They now have a different action for each of the four pages - for example, on the "gently gently brush your hair" page, they both instantly put their hands to their heads and comb through their hair. The baby on the last page is lying down, which makes it a great bedtime book.

I highly recommend this book...We started reading this to my son at 4 months old and he loved it then and continues to love it. It has an easy rhyme so children can remember it, no matter what age. The pictures are wonderful, and the children drawn in the story are from all nations, Africa, Asia and Europe so an absolutely brilliant feature for children.Buy this book for your children or someone else's children as it will be thoroughly enjoyed.

My toddler enjoyed this from about 12 months to about 2 years. It’s very simple. The Mum changes and randomly there are 4 babies on one page but three on the others. Only a couple of words.I’m not sure what the appeal was but it was very much enjoyed. Not been picked up a while now.

I ordered this book as I'd read a raving review about it. Let's just say I was a bit disappointed when I read it the night before reading it to my 2.5 year old toddler.. I remember thinking 'Is this it??' I expected it to be a bit longer than 4 measly pages. HOWEVER, baby LOVED it and we read it over and over again at bedtime. She wants to know why the babies are playing in the mud, why they're having a bath, why the father is holding the soap, why the mother is brushing their hair, why etc etc etc.. She's learned the whole book off by heart (it is only 4 pages long) and insists that i 'tickle' her BOTH under the chin AND under the armpit.. just like in the book. I'm quite impressed that she can say 'squelch'-it seems like such a difficult word to say! Just goes to show that just because I don't like a book doesn't mean a toddler won't like it either! Bravo!