Big Bot, Small Bot: A Book of Robot Opposites

by Marc Rosenthal

Robots are perennial kid-favorites. In this series, acclaimed illustrator Marc Rosenthal's vividly colored, retro-futuristic robots encourage kids age 2 to 5 to lift the flaps and learn all about basic concepts.
Big Bot, Small Botinvites young readers to play with robots who demonstrate opposites such as "quiet" and "loud," "front" and "back," and "full" and "empty." Each illustration in this interactive book is presented with a gatefold that, when lifted, transforms the image into its opposite! Simple yet endlessly entertaining,Big Bot, Small Botis a perfect read-aloud for toddlers and preschoolers.
· Printed on sturdy, thick paper, these titles can stand up to the challenge of little hands and repeated readings
· Marc's illustrations can be seen regularly inThe New Yorker, Time, Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Boston Globe,andThe Washington Post; his previous children's books have been described byThe New York Times Book Reviewas "hugely appealing."

Series Overview
Artist Marc Rosenthal's new series of interactive concept books introduces a group of friendly, colorful, retro-futuristic robots that demonstrate counting, opposites, shapes, and colors through lift-the-flap gatefolds that transform each illustration in a kid-pleasing way.

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Robots, Childrens, Kids

20 pages, Hardcover

First published April 7, 2015

Reviews

[Carmen]

A robot book that teaches children about opposites.

The best thing about this book is that the picture is set, and then changes while retaining key features when the child lifts the flap.



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This will delight children.

This is for very young children. Even preschool-age may be two old. This is for two- or three-year-olds.

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This is a book with foldouts featuring robots illustrating opposites such as 'quiet' and 'loud,' 'front' and 'back,' and 'full' and 'empty.'

Okay so this is WAY too young for my nephew... The words are ones he knows though their meaning is confusing for him... PLUS he likes robots... So we got this for him to practice what the words mean and it worked SO WELL for that!! I'd say it was a great book to teach opposites to a young or special needs child and to even have in a home library if the child enjoys robots.

The illustrations were charming and captured our imagination! I do wish though that the pictures represented their words better. Especially since we were trying to teach opposites and with different robots of different colors it didn't communicate well to my nephew that they were reflections of each other because the illustrations didn't reflect.

So good at teaching the specific word's meaning... great for robot lovers... needed in a home library to teach opposites (they will learn these over time as they come to grasp the meaning of each word). Really we were pleased at it's intended purpose even though it didn't show opposites perfectly for a library read.

And of course the fold outs were a TOTAL HIT!! My nephew ADORES books that DO THINGS and have something a little different than turning pages so that was an extra benefit...

BOTTOM LINE: Fun word game for beginner readers!
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[Ivy]

The robot with THE END on his bottom is my favourite! :D

[Maggie]

Great opposites book, very fun with lift-the flap elements to keep the baby and young toddler crowd engaged. Great for either robot or opposites story time!

[Vicki]

Sturdy book with awesomely cute lift the flaps, artwork is wonderful. A great choice to demonstrate "opposite" idea to young ones.

[Orion Kopf]

Super adorable book of opposites with the cutest robots!

[Caroline]

This lift-the-flap book is a fun illustrative introduction to opposites with brief text.

[Brittany]

Overall a good and easy read. The flip pages get a little hard to flip sometimes.

[Relyn]

This is a fantastic, fun book for teaching opposites. Love it.

[Colorado Buck]

Opposites. Lifting flaps. Cute robots. In cap collection.

[Emily]

Lift-the-flap book showing robots doing one thing, then transforming and doing the opposite.

[Addie]

Cute and fun interactive book. 2 year old liked it

[Josh Campeau]

A cute lift the flap book of opposites.

[Julia]

A super fun, creative, and interactive book of robot opposites!

[Elizabeth]

Cute lift the flap book. Perfect for a robot or opposites storytime

[Carol]

Cute concept board book about robots.

[Jessica]

A simple flap book with colorful illustrations. A good book for toddler storytime to explore the concept of opposites.

[Arantzazú]

Best book of opposites I've seen in a long time. Creative & fun!