by Tina Thoburn with pictures by Joe Kaufman/ published 1963 by Golden PressThis is one in a series called Britannica's Pre-School Library - First Adventures in Learning Program. I have a couple of these (Nature/Color/Signs) and just think they are totally cool. The nature version has awesome brain-games like a page full of all kinds of fish with one jelly fish in the middle and it asks the reader to point to the creature that is NOT a fish. Another illustration pictures a submarine and a whale and asks "Which of these is alive?" And again on a page full of birds and one bat... "Which animal has fur?" Such really great questions for kids that really make them use their minds.
This particular book (as indicated by the title) is all about how big and how small things are.
"Here is something for you to do.
Put an ice cube in a saucer.
Put the saucer in a warm place.
What happens to the ice cube?"
Of all the children's books we have, educational and otherwise, I have the most fun with my son reading these over and over again, getting him to figure out the brain teasers on his own.
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Hi! I started reading your blog/lurking this past summer, and it's been busy, so I haven't really explored the archives - but I wasn't surprised to see your blog pop up when I Googled, looking for some information about one of my latest estate sale finds - 13 of these books. They are stunning, and my four and a half year old daughter loves them, and I'm so happy and excited to see all my favourite little golden book artists represented. Imagining opening "All Kinds of Signs" and seeing the work of Trina Schart, who illustrated Josie's first favourite Little Golden Book of sounds! Thanks, and I'm off to try to learn more about them - I want them ALL! mwahhahahahaha!
oh my goodness i am so jealous, i think I only have four... gimme gimme!
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