It's Not Easy Being Big!

by Stephanie St. Pierre

Book Overview

In this oh-so-easy-to-read introduction to relational concepts, Big Bird and Elmo discover that sometimes it's not easy being big and sometimes it's not easy being small. But sometimes it is!?? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679988106
• ISBN13: 9780679988106
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 years and under

Customer Reviews

Positive message, entertaining, well-written

This is such a cute book. My toddler asks me to read it to her all the time and I don't mind reading it over and over. It has a good message about the challenges we all face but is done in a light-hearted, very cute way. It also is a good teaching tool to compare things of different sizes.

We All Are Great.

In this story Big Bird tells his friends that it is not always easy being big. He tells how he is too big to swing, too big to ride on a bike,and too big to hide. Elmo comes on the scene to share with his friend that it is not always easy being small. He tells him that he is too small to see above other people, and too small to reach somethings. They realize that sometimes being big is easy and sometimes being small is easy, sometimes it's hard, but working together is the best of all. No matter what size you are, you are just who you are suppose to be. Good lesson to learn. Shirley Johnson

Size dont matter

The book Its not easy being big is a very good book for anyone no matter how old they are i think because to me it seems like it shows that no matter how tall you are or how big or small you are you can accomplish anything in this world. somethings that small people can do tall people cant..but there is nothing wrong with trying. and that is what they do in this book. try even if they dont accomplish they still try. They dont GIVE UP!!!

My Daughter's Favorite

My daughter is nearly 19 months old, and we purchased this book for her around her first birthday. She loved it from the first time we read it, no doubt due to all of the balls inside. She loved identifying each and every ball. She still carries it everywhere she goes, and now she's old enough to point out and name a variety of objects in the book. I'd recommend this book to any mother.

It's Not Easy Being Big ... A Big Hit!

In this delightful, colorful book Big Bird and Elmo learn an important lesson about themselves. Big Bird is unhappy because he is too big to do things with his friends, and Elmo is sad because he is too small! In the end both learn a valuable lesson about their respective sizes.We have a 17 month old, and this has been her favorite book since she was 7 months old. In fact, this book has been to Europe and back because she couldn't part with it.The author does a wonderful job showing children that regardless of their size, they all have an important contribution to make.