I'm Not Small: A Joyful Picture Book About Size and Comparisons for Children - Hardcover

Crews, Nina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006305826X ISBN 13: 9780063058262

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2022

Synopsis

“Completely relatable for all viewers, big or small.”—The Horn Book (starred review)

“Crews captures the joy of early childhood exploration in a book that adults and children can both enjoy.”—ALA Booklist (starred review)

“A nice addition to story hours about relativity, size comparisons, and schoolyard science lessons.”—School Library Journal

A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book

A Horn Book Fanfare Book

What makes you big? What makes you small? From acclaimed author-illustrator Nina Crews comes a picture book that introduces young children to the concepts of size and comparisons. A great choice for emerging readers, school classrooms, and story-time sharing.

Time to play outside! It’s easy for a young boy to feel small in a world that is made up of big, big things. But when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too. His dog is smaller than he is, and his cat is smaller than his dog. And the teeny-tiny ant crawling through the grass? Even smaller!

I’m Not Small will spark family and classroom conversations about the concepts of size and size comparisons, about growing up, about feeling seen, and about observing the world around you. Playful text and bright, detailed illustrations also make it easy to learn about comparing and categorizing objects. A must-have for fans of Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant’s You Are (Not) Small.

About this title

About the Author

Nina Crews is a highly acclaimed author-illustrator and the daughter of Donald Crews and Ann Jonas. Her picture book The Neighborhood Mother Goose was an ALA Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book, and a Parenting Magazine Book of the Year. She is also the author and artist of One Hot Summer Day, I’m Not Small, Snowball, and other titles. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

PreS-Gr 2-Asa, with brown skin and coppery hair, is a big kid now-he's going outside to play by himself for the first time. Only, everything outside is so big! The trees, the sky, and the backyard itself make him feel so very small. In time, Asa discovers that he is indeed bigger than a lot of things, including a rabbit, a dog, a bee, and even an ant. His quiet contemplation of all things in nature is both soothing and inspiring; Asa's wide brown eyes capture the beauty of the backyard world, both large and small. Crews's textured and collaged illustrations create a sense of nostalgia and whimsy, especially at the end when we can all relate as Asa remembers he enjoys being a little kid again. VERDICT This is a nice addition to story hours about relativity, size comparisons, and schoolyard science lessons.-Amanda C. Buschmann, Carroll Elem. Sch., Houstonα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 006305826X
• ISBN 13: 9780063058262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Crews Nina
• Number of pages: 32