Sunday, October 26, 2008

Big Ones, Little Ones- Concept Book

"Big Ones Little Ones" by Tana Hoban is a no word book, that shows children the difference in sizes of baby animals, and adult animals. There is a variety of animals. The opening cover has a big and little hippopotamus. There are farm animals, like pigs and cows, and there are water animals like ducks. All of the pictures are real photographs, and all in black and white. Most of the pictures also show a loving relationship between the baby and adult animal. My favorite part of this book, however, is the last page. The last page shows a smaller version of the photographs, and has the name of the animal, and the baby animal. For example, they explain Elk and Fawn, Sheep and Lamb, and then there are baby animals without baby names, which then is explained as Elephant and baby Elephant, for example. I really do enjoy this book, and feel it is interesting and informative.

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