Web Opposites

by Rob Hodgson

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.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime

34 pages, Board Book

Published August 24, 2021

About the author

Rob Hodgson is an illustrator and designer with a deep interest in how and why we make pictures. He grew up on a healthy dose of skateboarding and Morrissey in an English seaside town. He now lives in Bristol with his girlfriend and two highly intelligent cats.

oday 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.

Reviews

[Amity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute illustrations and I loved the use of unique opposite match-ups that were sprinkled in with more typical examples!

[Miss Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun, colorful, well-illustrated book about opposites. It uses your typical opposites (big/small, day/night) but also throws in some arguably more advanced words (ex: simple/complex, attached/detached, expected/unexpected) that are good for littles to hear but may require some explanation. The spiders and how they use their webs to create a picture for the words is so cute and fun, that even if your littles might not understand the word they'll be engaged by the colorful pictures within the book. This would likely work best as a one-on-one read aloud so you have ample time to explain the word (if your little needs the help) or allow your even younger little ample time to just absorb the pictures. It could work at a storytime if you think your group of little would understand the words a bit more (maybe like 2>.) Themes could be opposites, spiders, or bugs.

[courtnei · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful book to use to teach littles about opposites. It has many standard examples (big/small, day/night, etc.), but also examples that can help expand your young child's vocabulary (simple/complex, clockwise/counterclockwise, expected/unexpected). And the illustrations are adorable! A must buy for your board book collection :)

[Peacegal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Aww! This book! Despite my admitted squeamishness around spiders, WEB OPPOSITES was absolutely charming and hilarious. I loved the goofy, many-eyed crawlies and their increasingly creative web creations. Funny, cute, and creative--whether you're a toddler or a librarian tasked with cataloguing board books!

[Adina Thavisin · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 3 month old absolutely loves this book! She pays attention the whole time and smiles and laughs at some of the pages. Definitely a good one for very littles with creative imagery and a fun concept.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this at the front desk with my coworker and we probably annoyed the library patrons with our constant stream of "Awww, how adorable!" squees. The illustrations are truly a delight.

[Syntha Green · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked that the author used some opposites you don't normally see in books of opposites (expected & unexpected, matched & Mismatched) with a clever ending.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big and small, and other webby opposites in this book.

[Aolund · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable opposites/comparison book full of whimsical webs!

Themes: Webs, Opposites, Spiders, Shapes
Age range: Baby-Toddler

[NayDoubleU · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 2 month old was extremely mesmerized by this book and of course being the spider lover I am it warmed my heart. Loved everything about this book and definitely will have to own it

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the illustrations but the opposites are hard for a toddler to understand so it isn't perfect by any means.

[GS Dachslove · Rating 4 out of 5]

For October storytimes

[Rachel Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art was incredibly adorable but I thought some of the sets of opposites were much too advanced.

[Marlowe Pauderis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations were a lot of fun!

[joy dawns · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book of drawings of spiders and their webs demonstrating opposite words.

[Ellie Bevan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute way to teach opportunities to children