Press Here By Herve Tullet

Press Here by Herve Tullet is an interactive book which expands on the readers imagination.  Read, not unlike a video game is played, this book consists of an unseen narrator giving commands in order to create a kinetic reading experience.  

The book begins with the narrator instructing the reader to ‘Press Here’ on a yellow dot.  Once you press the dot more dots appear.  The narrator continues to instruct the reader to rub the dot, turn the page, shake the page- the reader can even control changing the color of the dots and turning the lights off... in ones imagination.

I am raising my monkeys in an age where they don’t know life before the internet.  Not long ago my younger monkey asked me if I used Wikipedia, when I was young, to find out what the “biggest or most poisonous” thing was.  I explained to him that because I was a little girl the “biggest or most poisonous” was of no interest to me and that I didn’t start using the internet until I was in grade six.  He looked at me as if I had an extra head.  My older monkey would play video games all day if we let him.  We don’t- he usually only plays on weekends and even then it is limited.  

Based on the amount of words per page this book gives the impression that it is intended for a younger audience.  However, both my tech-savvy, internet dependent and video game obsessed, elementary age monkeys are reading it over and over, while going through the motions AND they love it.  
This is the type of book that will put a smile on your face and I feel intended for ages 1-100.

Press Here is currently number seven on the
NYT Children's Best Seller List 

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