Big Little

by Leslie Patricelli, Leslie Patricelli (Illustrator)

Overview

Ladies are big, but ladybugs are little. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricelli’s BIG LITTLE stars an obliging, bald, and very expressive toddler who acts out each pair of opposites with comically dramatic effect.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763660246
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	11/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	282,632
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 2 Years

About the Author

Leslie Patricelli is the creator of a series of best-selling board books starring her inimitable bald baby. She is also the author-illustrator of Higher! Higher! and Be Quiet, Mike! as well as two stories about the Patterson Puppies. She lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Editorial Reviews

Three funny, spirited board books by Leslie Patricelli explore opposites. In BIG Little, heads are BIG, but toes are little. Ladies are BIG but ladybugs are little. Clever pairings, bold graphic art and an expressive toddler in diapers make the concepts fun. The other titles are Quiet Loud ("Crayons are quiet. Pots and pans are LOUD") and Yummy Yucky ("Spaghetti is yummy. Worms are yucky"). (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

Patricelli has a trio of board books (Big Little, Quiet Loud, and Yummy Yucky) featuring a young diapered lad with one lock spiraling up from the middle of his head. In this particular book, there are a series of comparisons between things that are large versus those that are small. "Lakes are Big. Mud puddles are little." The comparisons are items that kids would encounter such as body parts, animals, trucks and trikes, grownups and babies, boats and rubber duckies. The back two pages present even more big and little things. It is eclectic and the comparisons are not really all that logical. Not a book that will appeal to everyone. 2003, Candlewick Press, Ages 1 to 3.
— Marilyn Courtot

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