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Everybody wants to be Press Here

by Katie Bircher
May 13, 2015 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
When Hervé Tullet's Press Here came out in 2011, reviewer Lolly Robinson wrote that its ingenious interactivity "gives the iPad a licking." Following a similar no-screen-needed interactive model is this lovely pair of books:

matheson_tap the magic tree    matheson_touch the brightest star
Susan Dove Lempke wrote of Tap the Magic Tree in the January/February 2014 Horn Book Magazine, "Perhaps inspired by the very popular Press Here, this is winsome in its own right and stylishly designed." Its more bedtime-oriented companion book, Touch the Brightest Star, is reviewed in our May/June issue.

Here are a few brand-new arrivals with Press Here–like directions to tap, shake, rub, and blow on the pages:

yoon_tap to play

glass_do you want to build a snowman

bird_there's a mouse hiding in this book
What's that saying about "the sincerest form of flattery?" ;)

Katie Bircher

Formerly an editor and staff reviewer for The Horn Book’s publications, Katie Bircher is currently associate agent at Sara Crowe Literary. Katie holds an MA in children’s literature from Simmons University and has over seven years of experience as an indie bookseller specializing in children’s and YA literature.

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