Children's Literature: Opposites

Examines the concept of opposites through a series of die-cut illustrations.

Illustrations and rhyming text present all kinds of dinosaurs, including ones that are sweet, grumpy, spiky, or lumpy.

Photographs of familiar outdoor scenes illustrate pairs of opposites.

Presents fruits and vegetables carved into shapes to teach colors, numbers, letters, shapes, and opposites.

Simple pairings of words, both expected (small/large) and unexpected (clear/blurry), are humorously illustrated with a graphic and lovable red hippopotamus.

A cat and mouse chase demonstrates such concepts as deep and shallow, scary and scared, and beginning and end.

Little Monster understands simple opposite concepts like "up and down" and "big and small" but still has a question.

Olivia the piglet introduces the concept of opposites by demonstrating word pairs.

Cut paper images introduce children to color, form, and design as they explore tall giraffes and short mice, squares and circles, light day and dark night.

After the zoo closes, monkey slips out of his cage to explore the zoo, introducing the reader to the other animals and the idea of opposites.

Slide 'n' Seek...and learn about opposites!Each page features a pull-out panel andten hidden pictures of opposites.

Now, come along on a picture book journey that invites you to see the world from many different perspectives. Look up, down, and everywhere in between. What do you see