When I visit a library or bookshop there are a number of things I am always interested in - very easy beginner chapter books with enjoyable well written stories, scrumptious picture books with amazing art and again, great stories, and board books like this one. I marvel that this book has only 48 words and yet it is so satisfying right down the very last words - little nap!
The copy of Big Bug that I borrowed from a school library was published in 2014 as a hardcover picture book so I had little hope that it would still be in print. I am so pleased to see that the Board Book version of this book is available [9781534416901]. I think it is a measure of the importance of this book that it has been published in nearly every format - hardcover, paperback, board book, and even as an ebook.
Blurb: Beginning with a beautiful close-up of a “big” ladybug, this adorable board book artfully depicts the concept of scale as it zooms out from the bug, to a flower, to a cow, all the way to an expansive spread of sky. Then author Henry Cole masterfully zooms back in from that sky, to a tree, to a house, to a window, all the way to the end where an adorable dog is taking a “little” nap. Young readers will love the lush illustrations of the animals, objects, and scenery of a farm, and they’ll delight in seeing how something “big” can suddenly seem “little” with every turn of a page!
Visually lovely and appealing. Kirkus
You could follow this book with Shrinking Mouse and for older children try to find Zoom.
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