Barney's Book of Opposites

In this sturdy med-sized board book of opposites the purple wonder teaches all about full/empty, on/off, awake/asleep, open/closed, tall/short, hot/cold, big/little, wet/dry, and front/back. My children were really attracted to the colorful pictures and I found that there were alot of other ideas to discuss in the book as well. For example, Barney's *shiney* vest, what was actually in Barney's lunchbox (yummy grapes, apple, sandwich, etc.) and the fact that there were 3 scoops of ice cream on the cone (1,2,3). Simply a nice little educational book.

My daughter of 13 months old and we have three or four "opposites" type books for her. This is the best of the bunch. I think it's strength is in the fact that it uses actual photos of the objects (hat on/hat off, basket full/basket empty) to illustrate the opposites, which makes the distinction very easy to see. Some of the other books that try to be creative with their drawings don't work as well. They have done a good job with this book and my daughter definitely enjoys turning its pages.

This is a great book. My son really started enjoying this book around 2 years old. It is simple reading (one sentence per page)and fun. Teaches things like on/off. It is not a story. But strickly focuses on opposites. I have read it to him so many times he now can recite it and pretends to read it to me. I really enjoy this book for the "please read me a quick story Mommy" times! He now has even began to "read" it to his younger brother.