My Quiet Book, Fabric Activity Book for Children
This darling cloth book offers hands-on experience in recognizing shapes,  telling time, buttoning, buckling, snapping, lacing, distinguishing textures, and zipping.  The soft red book measures 8 inches and has a sturdy red zipper around three sides,  with soft stuffed handles on top. Three bright balloons and "My Quiet Book" are  embroidered on the front. Inside are four stiff white fabric-covered pages featuring  eight different activities. There are quilted shapes in primary colors with Velcro  attachments, a clock with movable hands, pastel quilted flowers that button onto their  stems, and bright quilted balloons that snap onto their strings. There's a buckle to thread  on a pair of denim shorts, white laces to secure a red and yellow tennis shoe, bright  squares of differently textured fabrics for touching, and a zipper to fasten a floral dress.  Each page is lovingly finished and features a prominently placed embroidered skill title.  This book is great for skill learning at home and even better as a traveling companion!--Tami Horiuchi