Is It Big or Is It Little?

This little book about opposites hasn't convinced me. The illustrations are like silhouettes with eyes, in four "colors" - black, white, grey and orange. The thrust of the story is that what is big to one might very well be small to another, a very basic empathy experience. In and of itself there is probably nothing to say against that, but the way it is presented is oddly off - neither our 5-year-old nor our 3-year-old nor our 1-year-old have latched on to this book in any way. I am not so sure which age group the author had in mind. The illustrations and scarcity of text would indicate a very young audience, but the message is lost on them. To an audience that is old enough to get the message, however, the presentation is not show more appealing anymore. In short: Not our cup of tea. show less

Is it Big or Is It Little? is a book intended for Toddlers and Babies. It is a in multipage, three color format on glossy paper: Black, white and red. Each page has an interaction with an animal and an object. The story line is simple: by comparing objects, your child can learn what is big and what is little in relation to the animal or object on the page.

As an adult, I wasn't too impressed. It was a simple story, with a few words and simple illustrations each page. My 3.5 year old daughter, though, LOVED this book. She gleefully shouted out "BIG!" or "LITTLE!" and we had discussions on each page as to what was bigger - the object, the animal, or something else in her bedroom at bedtime? She surprised me with her utter enjoyment of this show more book - and than surprised me further by asking to read it again!

We received an Advance copy of this book in unbound copy; I didn't feel that this altered our reading experience in any way, but it was a bit harder to hold both pages together to present the story.

To summarize, what adults may think of as a simple story may be the introductory key to understanding size and concepts! show less

This looked promising but was ultimately disappointing. As other reviewers have pointed out, the text is extremely simple, and the illustrations are a bit odd (at first I thought the big circle was an orange instead of a ball of yarn) and don't always match the text; the story also ends very abruptly. My wife, a preschool teacher, agreed that this wouldn't engage her kids, who are used to stories with a bit more depth and humor to them.

This short picture book presents an interesting exploration of relativity. The illustrations are minimalistic and very effective with a brilliant use of color and lack thereof, evocative without being too scary for little ones.

A picture book about a cat chasing a mouse, with a fresh take on opposites: The same thing can seem big or small, long or short etc. depending on who looks at it. I like the concept and the illustrations (in 3 black/ white/ orangey-red). The text consists of simple questions like the one in the title - nothing wrong with that.

I received an unbound early reviewer copy of this book, which unfortunately is not really suited to reading this with my almost-2-year-old. He loves to turn the pages himself, but this thing just falls apart. So I can't really comment on how well he likes this book, which is a shame. Personally, I think the book might be more suited to even younger kids.

A picture book for children that explores the relativism of the terms like big/little, light/heavy, short/long, etc. The pictures are simple in black, grey, and orange, and involve a mouse, cat, and dog. It was hard to share with my two year old because we were sent an unbound copy, but he did not seem interested in it, and I was not surprised as I found it a bit bland myself.

The kids, preschoolers, like this book better than I do. The pictures are okay, and the text very simple, but a little confusing on some pages. children keep choosing it though, they like to read it themselves, and we talk about what the words might mean, usually in terms of describing the differing points of view of the cat and the mouse. I would never have purchased this book, but we are glad to have it