Burlington Public Library

Creatures big and small introduce pairs of opposites. On board pages.

An illustrated series of questions and answers about up and down, in and out, cool and hot.

Uses images of dots to convey opposites, such as loud and quiet or slow and fast.

Olivia the pig learns about opposites, such as, up and down, long and short.

Dogs go by skates, bike, skis, a blimp, a boat, a car, and on foot to get to a special party being held on top of a tree.

Playful images and simple rhymes introduce the American Sign Language signs for things and concepts that are opposites: for instance, big/small and smooth/rough.

A cat and mouse chase demonstrates such concepts as deep and shallow, scary and scared, and beginning and end.

"Andy is small. Sandy is tall. Andy is quiet. Sandy is LOUD. When these two opposites-attract best friends play dress up, anything could happen"--

Stegothesaurus has little in common with his fellow dinosaurs until he meets an allosaurus that seems as hungry for synonyms as he is.

Short passages about life in the country and city introduce the concepts of behind and in front, from horses standing behind a fence to a bus driving in front of Big Ben.