Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book of Opposites

by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Book Overview

Having explored the alphabet ("The Hidden Alphabet"), colors ("Lemons Are Not Red"), and emotions ("Walter Was Worried"), Laura Vaccaro Seeger turns her extraordinary talents to opposites in this bright, colorful and imaginative book. Through a series of ingenious die-cut pages, the reader discovers things that are the opposite of what they seem: A black bat transformed into a white ghost, a sunny day that becomes a starry night. Posed as a series...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596431857
• ISBN13: 9781596431850
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Deceptively simple/delightfully surprising

Seeger's work looks deceptively simple but is more often than not quite surprising. Black White Day Night is another lift-the-flap book of opposites that lives up to her other lift-the-flap projects: The Hidden Alphabet and Lemons are Not Red. Her bright and unfussy illustrations appeal to children and the cleverness of her designs will appeal to adults. I always find myself genuinely surprised when looking through her books which strike me as being very well-thought out and conceptualized.

Amazing Opposites! A ton of FUN!

This book is a fun way of teaching opposites. It's fun for little kids and older kids. For little kids (when they are learning to read) this is a good book, because it has very simple words and usually only two word per page. Black? White! Day? Night! has some of the COOLEST opposites! It is a flip book. So it will show something like a person in the front of a line. Then you flip up a flap and it shows the same person at the back of a line. There is one REALLY cool page. It shows a page with the word 'Simple?' and then when you lift the flap it shows.....READ IT AND FIND OUT!

BEST OPPOSITE BOOK I'VE EVER READ!

Just because this book is about opposites, it doesn't mean its just for kids 5 and under. The pictures are creative and colorful, and the way the author describes the opposites in pictures is totally awesome! This book can be a favorite for anyone, any age. If you read this book, you'll see that I'm not kidding about it!

My daughter loves it

My daughter has just turned four, and she loves this book. She likes to try and read along with me, but doesn't recognise words yet. This book of opposites allows her to read along based on the shapes (even from the very first reading, because she could say the opposites). Plus she loves lifting the flaps to see what's underneath.

An Opposite Book with a Twist!

As someone who works a lot with small children, I know from experience how much they love suprises in a book. I was a huge fan of Ms. Seeger's other books - Walter is Worried and The Hidden Alphabet because of their incredibly unique approach to tried and true subjects. This title has the same great element of suprise and clever, artistic approach that will delight kids (of all ages). I personally have had enormous amounts of fun with it each time I read it aloud!