Black? White! Day? Night!

Reviewed by: Phyllis Fuchs - Curtis Memorial Library, Brunswick, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 8, 2016

Review

This sturdily bound picture book introduces more than a dozen pairs of opposites and much more on its colorful pages. Its author has been referred to as " the queen of the concept book" A variety of sizes and different placements of die-cut pages makes absolutely clear pairs of opposites such as black, white. Young preschoolers, the twos and threes, are both surprised and intrigued by the cleverly cut pages and the book may become a participation one with spontaneous answers given to examples such as happy? sad! Fours, fives and sixes recognize still more pairs of opposites, but, what about the opposite of mountain or extraordinary? Is a dog with bright pink paint the opposite of clean? Can black be both the opposite of white and of ...nothing? There is much to question and discuss on these pages for six and even seven year olds such as addition and subtraction using four fingers or the meaning of words like enormous. This concept book is recommended to librarians, teachers and parents for sharing with ages three through six or seven years.

Overall Book Score: very good