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If you want to read a book about opposites to small children, this is the book for you. Sandra Boynton does a rewarding job on teaching children the difference between, “Heavy and light…Day and night.” This book is full of colors and rhymes. It’s also a great way to introduce synonyms and antonyms.
Recommended for small children aged 2 to 5
On board pages
Bed time read/ Read-out-loud
Recommended for small children aged 2 to 5
On board pages
Bed time read/ Read-out-loud
A bare bones book of opposites by Boynton is still better than most anyone else's because of the cute pictures.
Sandra Boynton’s children’s books are new classics. I first discovered her delightful picture books via my sister-in-law, who had an entire shelf of Boynton’s books for my nephew. Now, with my own little boy, I’m really enjoying them. Her books all claim “serious silliness” on the back cover. I’d agree: we all enjoy the light-hearted silliness, but a child may still learn something. more detailed review on my blog
This book is silly, yet teaches the meaning of opposites. Not one of my favorites, but I do like the illustrations and I do think it serves the purpose of getting across to very young children as to what opposites are.
This board book teaches simple opposite concepts. On each page, two animals, accompanied by text that is drawn to look like the concept it is referring to, illustrate a concept like up and down. Each pair of pairs rhyme, which will make this a fun book to read aloud with a young child. The illustrations, done with simple lines and soft colors, are quietly humourous, and, combined with the typesetting, will make this book a favorite for adults looking for a book to share with their 0-2 year old.
In this simple board book for toddlers, opposite concepts like big and small, fast and slow, and day and night are illustrated with cheery, classic Sandra Boynton cartoons. There is no plot, just basic opposite concepts. Some of the opposites, such as tall and short, are clearly illustrated; others like whisper and shout are not as clear.
The colors are bright and cheerful, and the quirky line drawings will engage children, even if they aren't reading yet. For ages 0-2.
The colors are bright and cheerful, and the quirky line drawings will engage children, even if they aren't reading yet. For ages 0-2.
A cute and happy book for toddlers and preschoolers, to help introduce simple concepts of up and down, heavy and light, day and night etc. Boynton's simple, clear and cheerful drawings always appeal to little people. Good for toddlers to kindergarten age.
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Sandra Boynton was born in Orange, New Jersey, and grew up in the Mount Airy section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Boynton's parents became Quakers when she was two years old. From kindergarten through 12th grade, she and her sisters attended Germantown Friends School, where their father taught English and was Head of the Upper School. She went show more on to Yale, entering in 1970 for her second year of college. She spent the second semester of her junior year studying in Paris through Wesleyan University's program. At Yale, she majored in English. Boynton intended to become a theater director. For graduate studies in drama, she attended the University of California at Berkeley for one year, then transferred to the Yale School of Drama D.F.A. program, but she did not complete the program. With the birth of her first child in 1979, Boynton postponed indefinitely a career in the theater. Boynton began designing greeting cards for Recycled Paper Greetings. Her designs were at the forefront of the Alternative Cards commercial movement that began in the mid-1970s. According to RPG co-founder and president Mike Keiser, over 200 million copies of Boynton's distinctive humorous cards featuring an assortment of unnamed cartoon animal characters, spare layout, and droll messages sold between 1973 and 1995. Since the 1977 release of Hippos Go Berserk!, Boynton has published many children's books, as well as several illustrated humor books for the general market. Her books are most typically for very young children, offered in the laminated paperboard format known as board books. Five of her books have been New York Times best sellers: Chocolate: The Consuming Passion; Frog Trouble and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs; Yay, You!; Consider Love; and Philadelphia Chickens, which reached the number one position on the list, and was on the list for nearly a year. Two of her books are Publisher's Weekly bestsellers, Dinosaur Dance!, and Eek! Halloween!. Three of Boynton's books are on the Publishers Weekly All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list. More than 30 million copies of her books have been sold. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Opposites
- Original publication date
- 1982; 1995 (newly revised edition) (newly revised edition)
- First words
- BIG and small
SHORT and
T
A
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L - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)WET and DRY
HELLO! GOODBYE. - Original language
- English
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