If you are looking for interactive stories, this book list will be a great help! From wordless picture books to interactive stories to colorful board books, there are many options that will be excellent learning books for your child. Being interactive is a great component of books because it helps engage learners. Check out the following hands-on books!
1. My First Busy Book
Packed full of many types of sensory explorations, this fun book is a must-have for small hands! It features ways to use motor skills, like lifting the flap and feeling different textures. Eric Carle, the well-known and well-loved children's book author, created a beautiful book full of many different concepts to explore with this one.
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2. Don't Push the Button
This hilarious picture book engages kids right from the start. Made into a game book, children will enjoy pushing the button and waiting curiously to see what effect it has on the monster in the book. This short story will be an exciting adventure for little ones!
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3. Tap the Magic Tree
Beginning with a lonely tree, children can tap the book to help bring about change. They will watch as they see the plain, brown tree transform in front of them. Full-color illustrations made from watercolor show the beautiful transformations as the tree goes through the seasons.
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4. Out Of Sight
This lift-the-flap book is a fun book with many kinds of animals. Students will enjoy guessing which animal is hiding behind each flap. The detailed illustrations will let children see the features of forest animals and exotic animal friends.
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5. Waddle
Getting children to interact with physical movements is a great way to engage them in this book. As they read and use the Scanimation, children will enjoy seeing all the different animals and animal movements throughout the story. Encourage your child to participate and join along!
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6. This Book is Magic
Full of fun surprises on every page, this book full of magic has great interactives for kids! One of the coolest options for interacting while reading, you should be warned that not all magic tricks always end up the way you may think.
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7. On the Spot
The imagination can be limitless with this book. The reusable stickers at the end of the book serve as a way to create a different story each time you read the book. Kids will really get into the creative aspect of this book, as they try to make their stories silly and fun!
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8. Chomp Goes the Alligator
Interactive and designed to work on counting skills, this little board book is sure to be a chomping good time! Practice counting while touching a variety of textures, playing with a pull tab, and enjoying the pop-up features are the best parts of this adorable board book!
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9. Press Here
Brought to us by Herve Tullet, this book is an interactive classic. All you need is your imagination to take this book and soar with possibilities. Children enjoy interacting with all the tasks and simple commands as they see changes happening throughout the book.
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10. Busy Day
A wonderful component of this interactive book is the lines inside that toddlers can use to trace and practice fine motor skills. This busy board book is full of tabs and things to touch, as well as a memory match section to promote learning shapes.
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11. Abracadabra, It's Spring
Illustrations can really make books magical and this one is for sure! As winter turns to spring, the incredible illustrations change with the rhyming text. This interactive children's book includes lifting the flaps. There is also a magic word on each page to keep students engaged and interested.
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12. What's Next Door?
Get ready to turn on your imaginations in this interactive book. The crocodile in this story needs your help to get back home! Children will use their imaginations to guide the crocodile back to where he needs to go!
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13. Huff and Puff
In this interactive storybook, the reader gets to be the big, bad wolf. With a surprise ending, readers will enjoy using a big breath to huff and puff and blow out some birthday candles on a cake!
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14. Poke A Dot Old McDonald's Farm
This interactive farm book will keep your little one popping right along. Counting farm animals and popping on each page helps children engage with the story and sing the song.
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15. Good Morning, Good Night
Gorgeous illustrations make this sweet little book the perfect bedtime story. Touch-and-feel components make it interactive and make it a favorite for a calming book to experience over and over again. This is also a perfect book for toddlers and young readers, as they will enjoy the interactive format of the soft textures to touch.
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16. Stir, Crack, Whisk, and Bake
This book is exactly what youngsters need to feel included in the baking process. They can interact with cooking in an imaginative way by pretending to crack eggs and stir ingredients together.
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17. Adventures in Cartooning
This interactive book is a to-do book that teaches the reader how to draw cartoons. Through the story of a princess, the drawing and doodling instructions come through the story in a playful and fun way. There are several other themed books with similar interactive features in this series.
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18. High Five
There is more to high-fiving than just slapping a hand! This interactive book will help you stretch and practice high fives! This cute little book of interactives is a great way to get involved in a cute little series of challenges.
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19. The Pout-Pout Fish Undersea Alphabet
This alphabet book is perfect for touching and feeling different textures and also for learning more about different types of fish and undersea information. Complete with our favorite pout-pout fish character, this busy little book is full of fun and surprises.
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20. Hear Bear Roar
This interactive book includes an added interactive component of sound. The push buttons on the side panel are perfect for exploring different animals and the sounds they make. Eric Carle adds tons of color to his vibrant illustrations to add beautiful artwork to his story.
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21. Princess Naomi Helps a Unicorn
A sweet story about a princess who finds herself helping a unicorn, this interactive dance book is perfect for little ballerinas. Each page features a highlight for practicing a dance move. This cheerful and upbeat book is a sweet display of a princess and her willingness to help others.
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22. The Wide Mouth Frog
A well-loved children's story, The Wide Mouthed Frog is a cute story that children love to hear. With pop-up features throughout the book, children will enjoy seeing the other creatures the frog meets and what they like to eat.
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23. Rocket Ship Adventure
This is not your typical interactive board book. This one invites the reader to take to the driver's seat and steer the rocket ship. As they read, they will steer around all types of things you may find in outer space. While enjoying vivid artwork and learning new information about space, children will also enjoy driving this book!
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24. Dear Zoo
A fun book full of life the flaps, be ready to see all kinds of animals hiding throughout! This activity book will have little ones ready to lift the flap and be surprised with many different animals to explore.
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