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Title details for The Big Book About Being Big by Coleen Murtagh Paratore - Available

The Big Book About Being Big

by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Clare Fennell
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A beautifully illustrated picture book with a "BIG" message, BIG is the perfect gift to celebrate all the biggest milestones in life, in the spirit of Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Are you big yet? Follow three young friends as they figure out that being BIG isn't measured by years, or weight, or inches. It's being healthy. Being imaginative. Being kind and helpful. It's being a friend to others, and a friend to the Earth. It's being the biggest YOU you can be! Every day, in lots of little ways, readers will discover we all have the chance to be BIG!

Touching on ideas such as health, citizenship, and imagination, BIG is the key to heartfelt dialogue between children and caregivers about the importance of values over valuables.

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 1, 2019

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781492696858

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 9781492696858
      • File size: 120113 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 490
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      May 15, 2019
      A multiracial cast of children demonstrates that "BIG is being the / BIGGEST YOU / that you can be." An Asian child rides a two-wheeler, a younger black child rides a bike with training wheels, and a white preschooler rides a tricycle as the book's central question is introduced: "Are you BIG yet? / When, exactly, does BIG happen?" People who say that big is "measured / by years, or / weight, or inches" are "wrong." The text continues, "BIG is BIGGER than that." Big is being "bright" and "kind" and "an active citizen." Big is being "a friend to the Earth" and "a friend to yourself." And how will you know when you've become big? You'll feel "a pride inside, / a feeling of goodness... / in your heart." Scenes show the three children spending time with family, helping elders, teaching friends, growing a garden, and outgrowing training wheels. The final spread asks, "How many little ways can you think of to be... / BIG?" Fennell's collage illustrations use a wide range of colors and patterns for a fun, if busy, effect. A lengthy, slightly redundant endnote lists things readers can do to "Choose to Be Big!" What this purposive conversation starter lacks in artistry it may make up for in utility. This is worth a try when redirecting children's focus from things and abilities to relationships and character is the goal. Helpful for the right child-adult pair or group. (Picture book. 3-5)

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Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:490
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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