Web Opposites

by Rob Hodgson, Rob Hodgson (Illustrator)

Overview

Spiders with personality use their webs to demonstrate opposites in this clever concept board book.

Sixteens pairs of opposite words are presented with wit, whimsy, and webs. Familiar opposites like day and night are presented alongside more unexpected pairs like visible and invisible, proving that there's no web these silly spiders can't spin! Young readers will stretch both their imaginations and vocabularies as they laugh along with our eight-eyed, eight-legged friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593225219
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/24/2021
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	7.75(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.75(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Rob Hodgson was born in a seaside town in the south of England in 1988. He studied illustration at Plymouth University. Today he lives in Bristol, where he spends his days making a mess and turning it into quality illustration projects and books. He cites Yoko Ono, Ed Templeton, and Arthur Russell among his influences. Working with traditional and lo-fi techniques such as block printing and wood cut, along with digital processes, Rob combines old and new approaches to create his work. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and his first author-illustrated book, The Cave, was chosen by Book Trust to be given free to every preschool-aged child in England. His interests include animals, skateboards, the psychology of perception, and collecting strange toys.

Editorial Reviews

"Charming illustrations breathe new life into a familiar theme and spin a delightful, original tale." — Kirkus

From the Publisher

2021-10-27
A book about opposites features spiders and their webs.

This concept book pairs single-word opposites that tell compelling mini-tales on each spread. Each layout presents two words—neatand messy, leftand right, insideand outside. A spider appears in the illustration accompanying each word, as does its web (with the exception of a spread showing an “invisible” web). The tiny details delight: The illustration for night, which includes a spider in pajamas adorned with webs (what else?), depicts a spider snuggling a wide-eyed, petrified bug, sure to eventually become its prey. The illustration for highshows a web in space next to a proud astronaut spider, who waves at readers. The vocabulary ranges from simple words to ones somewhat complicated for the board-book set; there are the words smalland bigon one spread, yet attachedand detachedand clockwiseand counterclockwiseappear on two others. The depictions of the webs indicate movement and are visually interesting. A page with the word crowdedshowcases partying spiders, who enjoy cake, take selfies, and make music. There’s a heavy use of black and white on negative space, yet pops of color keep the visuals compelling. Little readers will love poring over the spiders’ antics and all of the ways the webs take shape.

Charming illustrations breathe new life into a familiar theme and spin a delightful, original tale. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews