Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy

by Chris Raschka, Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)

Have you ever noticed how so many important things go in only one direction? Rain and songs, clocks and how your toenails grow and books, for instance. Wouldn't it be nice if at least one important thing could go in both directions? This book does. You can read it left to right, right to left, back and forth, forth and back. And when you read a book in two directions you may notice some things in a new way

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Chris Raschka is the illustrator of The Hello, Goodbye Window, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal. He is also the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Book Yo! Yes?; Charlie Parker Played Be Bop; Mysterious Thelonious; John Coltrane’s Giant Steps; Can’t Sleep; and The Magic Flute. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

As any other Raschka or Radunsky book, they've found a way to take a simple concept and make it interesting. They ask kids why things only grow in one direction--toenails, for instance, and then they create this book that can be read several different ways. Read it one way and then flip the book around and read it the other for a different storyline.

[Samantha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the idea here: a book that can be read multiple ways: upside down, backwards/forwards etc., but this one was just weird for me. Watercolor artwork is vibrant and open to interpretation which is essential in a book that can be read countless ways. PreK-2.