BIG Size Surprise

by Agnese Baruzzi

Overview

Is that a little boat, or a huge ship? Is that a small house, or a small house being hoisted by a giant crane? Each spread of this cleverly designed board book reveals a surprising size opposite that makes for a novel way for toddlers to learn about words and concepts. Here’s a lift-the-flap board book that’s bigger—and smaller—than the average concept book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789888341504
Publisher:	minedition
Publication date:	11/01/2017
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 6.50(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Agnese Baruzzi has illustrated dozens of children's books, including Look, Look Again and Opposite Surprise.

Editorial Reviews

"A page-turner for the toddler set." —Kirkus Reviews

"Plays with perceptions, assumptions, and predictions. Awfully pertinent stuff in 2016, wouldn't you say? You can never teach it too early." —Elizabeth Bird, blogs.slj.com

"A fold-out board book that can be used on different levels with mixed age groups. Some of the concepts are simple, like small or big which shows a small car and a large truck. Others are more complicated like thin and wide showing a pencil and a bridge, and one rather puzzling hot and cold showing the sun and two plugs. School age children could even make their own fold-out pages of opposites." —Saroj Ghoting, earlylit.net

From the Publisher

2017-10-28
Various vehicles transform from tiny to gigantic with the turn of folded pages. "Is this a little tractor? OR…" reads the blocky text written on the verso. Across the page, much of which is hidden by a half accordion-fold, readers see an image of a graphically simple, small tractor on a white background. A pull on the fold reveals the full image of "a big harvester" loading bales of hay. This pattern of vehicular transformation is repeated nine more times and includes a houseboat morphing into cargo ship, a "pint-sized" camper growing to become a large cement-mixer, and a "puny U.F.O." expanding to "the mothership." Baruzzi uses curved lines and flat planes in highly saturated colors, including pink and turquoise, two colors that are rarely seen in toddler transportation titles, to create vehicles both droll and impressive. While the folds are sturdy enough to withstand robust readers, the pages themselves are of thinner stock than what is typically found in standard board books. Sprightly fun for the youngest transportation enthusiasts. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews