Big Bot, Small Bot: A Book of Robot Opposites - Hardcover

Rosenthal, Marc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1576877507 ISBN 13: 9781576877500

Publisher: POW! Kids Books, 2015

Synopsis

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 Bot invites 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 Bot is 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 in The New Yorker, Time, Forbes, Fortune, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Boston Globe, and The Washington Post; his previous children's books have been described by The New York Times Book Review as "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.

About this title

About the Author

Marc Rosenthal's illustrations appear regularly in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Marc has both written and illustrated numerous children's books including Phooey!(HarperCollins, 2007) and Archie and the Pirates (HarperCollins, 2009), and illustrated many others, including the bestselling Bobo series, written by his wife, Eileen Rosenthal, I Must Have Bobo!, I'll Save You, Bobo!, and Bobo the Sailor Man (Atheneum) and, most recently, Mogie: The Heart of the House,written by Kathi Appelt (S&S, 2014). Marc lives in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.

Review

"Eight charmingly eccentric robots demonstrate opposing words in this humorous lift-the-flap book. A robot with a pointy, steeple-like head gets 'wet' in the rain, but a flap shows that its headpiece doubles as an umbrella to keep it 'dry.' A cheeky finale (a copper robot shows off the "front" of Rosenthal's book to a crowd of robots while showing its "back" end to readers) caps this quirky exploration of opposites."-Publishers Weekly

"... big bot, small bot: a book of robot opposites by marc rosenthal (pow!) was an immediate hit.  we've been reading this awesome lift-the-flap book for about a month, every night, and my three-year-old can't get enough.  he reads all the pages to me, and it's so much fun using our voices and arms to communicate big and small.  quiet and LOUD.  when we get to happy and sad, he makes me skip sad because he doesn't want the robot to spill his ice cream.  it's just too tragic."- Coos & Ahhs: Books to Coo About

Edition details

• Publisher: POW! Kids Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1576877507
• ISBN 13: 9781576877500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 20