Please touch
Susan Striker
Please touch
Age Rating, Reading Level & Content Guide
How to Stimulate Your Child's Creative Development
by Susan Striker
The text is written at a 8th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for middle graders (ages 9–12), and the content is gentle with no concerning themes.
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About This Book
Here's a secret: your hands can unlock a world of fun and discovery! Every little touch sparks curiosity and creativity in ways you never imagined, but that's only the beginning.
Themes
Quick Assessment
This book provides parents with practical, age-appropriate strategies to nurture their young child's natural curiosity, energy, and creativity before age four. It focuses on constructive activities that support early development through play and exploration, making it a helpful guide for families with toddlers and preschoolers.
Why we rated Please touch 12C
Please touch is written at a Level 8 reading level across 446 pages. Strong independent readers around grade 9.0 can typically handle this book on their own; with parent or teacher support, Please touch works for readers up to grade 10.0.
We rate Please touch as 12C ("Clear") because the content sits in the "Gentle" range — no conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Across our four dimensions (emotional, physical, social, thematic) the book reads as evenly gentle; no single dimension stands out as a concern.
No specific content flags were raised by community reviewers, which is consistent with the gentle intensity score.
Thematically, Please touch explores child rearing, creative activities, and early childhood development — these threads give the book room to mean different things to different readers.
Good fit for
- ✓ Children in the Ages 9-12 range — the maturity and attention span match the story's pacing.
- ✓ Patient readers who enjoy slower, character-driven stories.
- ✓ Kids drawn to stories about child rearing, creative activities, early childhood development.
Maybe not for
- ! Readers whose emotional readiness lags behind their decoding skills — this book's intensity outruns its reading level, a classic "gifted kid" mismatch.
- ! Reluctant readers who need a fast hook — the pacing here rewards patience.
For Parents
Content Intensity
12C — ClearNo conflict beyond everyday childhood experiences. Safe for sensitive readers.
Was our "Gentle" content intensity rating accurate for this book?
Reading Insights
Hook Factor
1/10A steady, thoughtful read that rewards patient readers.
Discussion Potential
1/10A lighter read — great for independent enjoyment.
Book DNA
Multi-dimensional content fingerprint
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Details
Book Length
- ISBN
- 0671605933
- Pages
- 446
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Published
- 1986
- Type
- Fiction