Reema Naim has created a useful resource with Oh Messy Me. This book will be a gift to anyone who works with children with sensory challenges. The book is jam packed with information and the story is engaging. If you are reading it to children, I would jump straight into the story and then read bits and pieces of the other sections as your children require.

The publisher made a copy of this book available via Netgalley. This is my honest opinion.

I enjoyed the 3 part breakdown of this book. In part one, the senses are introduced. I was someone who only knew about the 5 most common senses. It was interesting to learn the other two. In part two, we meet the sensokids. There are 4 kids, who each specialize in different senses. It is also described how they enjoy using each sense. In part trees, we meet nora, a girl who is having issues with her sense of touch. The sensekids help Nora work through her problems. I would have loved for this book to be even longer with other stories involving each of the senses.

This book gave me complicated feeling. The content is for a small kid, but the number of pages and texts are made for older kids.

The theme evoked is about our sens. Instead of the 5 we know we have, the author add 2 more. After the explanation in form of kids who can do this and that, there's a story about a kid who is messy but doesn't know that she was. So the four sensory kids come and suggest her doing stuffs to hone her sensory skill.

I enjoyed the illustrations and the attempt to accessibly discuss ways to work on sensory issues. That said, this seems like a very specialized book that is unlikely to be enjoyed by a wide-audience.

About the Sense of Touch

This book is divided into three sections: (1) a description of the seven senses, (2) an introduction to the Sensokids, and (3) a story about Nora who is messy because she doesn't have a good sense of touch. I think the book would have been better if the description of the senses came after the story portion instead of starting the book. That part came across as very technical, which may lose a child's interest in the book. Nora's story was easy to follow, and perhaps her issues with being messy and having trouble putting on clothes the right way will resonate with certain children. Within the story itself, Nora is giving hints about what to do to improve her sense of touch. A final page discusses touch more clinically, including giving more insight into what to do to improve the sense; I assume this page is for the parents. I could definitely see this book—and the ones I assume that are to come—being helpful in a clinical setting when an occupational therapist (like the author) works with a child who is having a hard time discriminating the feel of things, which could affect their lives in different ways. It could also be a fun book for parents to share with a child as it is interactive. If you feel your little one is having problems with touch, this could help you discuss the topic and help your child to explore the world by feel to connect them more deeply with the sense of touch.

The fact that ,this book is not only educational, but fun so that children would be interested to learn about the Little things makes this a great read and gift

I really enjoyed this story and it was a great way to introduce the senses to children.

The book had the five traditional senses and also added in to extra ones.

I thought that the story was fun and easy to follow and I liked the characters.

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended!