Opposites
Create your own storytime at home or in the classroom using this thematic starter. You'll find links to selected books in our catalog on this page and a downloadable PDF that includes additional elements like songs/rhymes and suggested materials.
Near & far, up & down, fast & slow, explore the preschool concept of opposites with these engaging books.
Books for babies
- Flora and the Ostrich, Idle - BOARD
- Playdate, Macdonald - BOARD
- Opuestos, Weill - BILING
- Opuestos, Boynton - WRLDLNG
- Opposites/Opuestos, Dicmas - BOARD
Books for toddlers
- Up, up, up down, Gee - CONCEPTS
- The opposite zoo, Na - FAVORITES
- Music is…, Stosuy - BOARD
- Where is the Green Sheep? - CONCEPTS
- Opposnakes, Yoon - CONCEPTS
- Opuestos animales, Ranchetti - BILING
Books for preschoolers
- I like this, you like that, Ashman - FAVORITES
- The wet dry book, Spohn - CONCEPTS
- Black cat, white cat, Borando - CONCEPTS
- To & fro, fast & slow, Bernhard - CONCEPTS
- Marta big & small, Arena - CONCEPTS
- Big bug, Cole - CONCEPT
- You are not small, Kang - FAVORITES
- Big bear, small mouse, Wilson - CHARACTERS
- Big and Little: a story of opposites, Pilgrim - CONCEPTS
- Chicos y altos, Olson - BILING
- Pesados y ligeros, Olson - BILING
Books for school-age
- Near, far, Borando - CONCEPTS
- Exactly the Opposite, Hoban - CONCEPTS
- Double Take, Hood - CONCEPTS
Have fun pointing out opposites and using them to describe things you see. Opposites are a key childhood concept and one of the first ways children learn to make sense of differences in their world!
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