Never Squish a Unicorn!

Never Squish a Unicorn! — one squishy horn, and strict instructions not to touch it

There's a single, gloriously squidgy unicorn horn cut right through the middle of this book, so it's there on every page waiting to be pressed. The rhymes tell your little one not to squish it. They will squish it. That's the entire point.

It's the squishiest book in the Never Touch family, and it knows it.

🦄 One big squishy, on every page

Rather than a different texture on each spread, this book does something else: one large squishy horn, die-cut through the whole book so it pokes through wherever you open it. Same squishy, new picture around it each time.

That makes it lovely and simple for small hands — there's never any doubt about what to do — and children who like a proper satisfying squeeze tend to prefer it to a page of small patches.

✋ Made for hands that want a job

• A large squishy unicorn horn, die-cut through to the cover
• Present on every page, so there's something to do throughout
• Funny rhyming text that dares you not to press it
• Thick board pages and a compact 186mm square

😄 The rhymes are half the fun

Short, daft and built for reading aloud, with the same mock-serious warning each time. Little ones learn the rhythm quickly and start squishing on cue, which is the moment the book really starts earning its place.

📏 Book details

• Format: squishy touch-and-feel board book
• Pages: 12
• Size: 186 x 186 x 20mm
• Suitable from: 3 years+
• Written by: Rosie Greening
• Illustrated by: Stuart Lynch
• ISBN: 9781800581340
• Features: one large squishy touch die-cut through to the cover, rhyming text

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is there a texture on every page, like the other Never Touch books?
Not quite — and it's worth knowing before you buy. This one has a single large squishy horn cut through the whole book, so it appears on every page rather than a different texture each time. If you're after lots of varied textures, our other Never Touch books do that; if you want one really satisfying squish, this is the one.

Why is it 3+ when the others are from birth?
The publisher rates this one from three, so we'd treat that as the guide rather than the usual birth-and-up of the series.

Does it make any noise?
No — silent. No batteries, no buttons, just a very squeezable horn.

Will it survive being squished daily?
That's what it's built for. The squishy is set into thick board and takes a great deal of pressing.

Does it make a good gift?
It does, particularly for a child who is deep in a unicorn phase — and there are a great many of those.

📚 More Never Touch books

This is the squishy one, and the only one in the range rated 3+. The others work from birth and put a different texture on every page:

• Never Touch a Dinosaur! — the original, and the one most families start with.
• Never Touch a Monster! — the daft one, bumpy monsters rather than animals.
• Never Touch a Capybara! — the unusual one, and a change from unicorns and dinosaurs.

See the whole range in our Never Touch books collection.

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