Never Touch a Tiger!

Never Touch a Tiger! — except in this book, obviously

Bumpy silicone tigers on every page, and rhymes telling your little one very firmly to leave them alone. Which is, naturally, the one thing they will not do. The rule exists to be broken, and breaking it is the whole game.

Simple and very effective: interesting textures, daft rhymes, and a wild animal on every spread.

🐯 Wild animals, which always work

Tigers, and the rest of the wild crowd alongside them. It's familiar territory for a toddler — these are the animals they already half-know from everywhere else — so there's a name to shout on every page before they can read a word of it.

✋ Something to touch on every page

• Textured silicone touches throughout, one animal at a time
• Each texture different from the last, so there's always a reason to turn over
• Funny rhyming text, short enough to learn by heart
• Thick board pages and a compact 186mm square that fits in a bag

😄 Rhymes you won't mind reading again

Worth saying plainly: the rhymes here are good fun for the adult holding the book, which matters rather a lot by the thirtieth reading. They're short, they bounce, and they set up what's coming — so your little one starts joining in and reaching for the next tiger before you've turned the page.

🛡️ Built for the treatment it will get

Silicone set into thick board is a hard-wearing combination. These come through months of daily handling — and a fair amount of being sat on — still looking respectable.

📏 Book details

• Format: touch-and-feel board book
• Pages: 10
• Size: 186 x 186 x 19mm
• Suitable from: birth+
• Written by: Rosie Greening
• Illustrated by: Stuart Lynch
• ISBN: 9781789471984
• Features: silicone touches on every page, rhyming text

❓ Frequently asked questions

What age is it for?
From birth. In practice it starts really landing around eight or nine months, when a baby can reach for a texture on purpose — and it keeps going well into toddlerhood as the rhymes take over.

Does it make any noise?
No — this one is silent. No batteries, no buttons, just bumpy tigers. A sensible bedtime choice.

Is it good for taking out?
Yes. It's small, square and self-contained, which makes it an easy one to keep in the changing bag for a café or a car journey.

Will it survive a toddler?
It's built for exactly that. Silicone panels in thick board pages take a great deal of prodding.

Does it make a good gift?
Reliably. It's a safe choice for a first birthday or a new baby, and tigers please almost everyone.

📚 More Never Touch books

This is the wild-animal one. Elsewhere in the range:

• Never Touch a Sleepy Lion! — more wild animals, with a gentler, sleepier feel for the end of the day.
• Never Touch a Dinosaur! — the original, and the one most families start with.
• Never Touch a Noisy Cow! — the noisy one, where every animal makes the wrong sound on purpose.

See the whole range in our Never Touch books collection.

❤️ From our family to yours

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