Magic Opposites

by PatrickGeorge

Overview

It's magic! With an eye-popping design and see-through pages to flip back and forth, these clever books introduce children to basic concepts in the most delightful way!  

Big becomes small, sunny days give way to rain, and land turns into sea in this fantastic book of opposites. With a flip of the see-through acetate pages, a boy's bow tie changes into a girl's hair bow, an arrow shifts from left to right, and an owl in a cage moves out. The bold colors, appealing graphics, and visual trickery will delight, entertain, and inform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781907967559
Publisher:	Boxer Books
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

PatrickGeorge is a husband-and-wife design team—a publisher and illustrator—based in Kent, England. They create a unique range of picture books, as well as logos, branding, and websites. Their ingenious use of shape and color and strong design skills have earned them an international reputation. Learn more about them at patrickgeorge.biz/design, and see how the pages work at patrickgeorge.biz/books-colours.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
PreS-Gr 1—Each spread in these unusual books includes a transparent page that interacts differently with the left and right leaves. For example, in Magic Colors, the shape of a green face on the see-through page creates the image of a brown bear against a deep orange background on the left, and shows the image of a green frog against a yellow background on the right. In Magic Opposites, an umbrella on the transparent page complements a beach scene on the right side and a rainy day on the left. Some of the other opposites featured include big/small, in/out, and left/right. Readers will find these clever and interactive page turns appealing. The targeted skills are simple, but slightly older readers will enjoy the novelty of the transparent page. The texts are minimal-yellow car, red train, orange sunset, in, and in/out-but the design is artful and instructs by showing.—Stephanie Farnlacher, Trace Crossings Elementary School, Hoover, AL

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