Press Here
Printed dots appear to respond after the reader presses, shakes, tilts and claps, so the page turn becomes the mechanism connecting instruction and result. The child must remember the requested action and inspect what changed.
Press Here by Herve Tullet is estimated to take about 4.5 minutes to read aloud (252 words, 1 sentence a spread). Best for ages 2-5.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 4.5 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 252Approximate
- Sentences per spread
- 1Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5strong repeat appeal
- Vocabulary level
- 2/5everyday words
- Best for
- Ages 2-5Age range
Our review
A yellow dot multiplies, shifts and changes color only after the reader performs the preceding instruction and turns the page. Because nothing physically moves, the child supplies both action and causal imagination; checking the next spread becomes part of the game.
Mix It Up! uses related gestures to simulate paint mixing and introduces color relationships. Press Here is the purer cause-and-effect performance, with less teaching language and a stronger surprise sequence. It is effective as a screen-like interaction on paper, though adults should present the conceit as play rather than a claim that the book senses touch.
Themes
- colours
- cause and effect
- interactive
- imagination
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