Paula Vásquez’s charming illustrations of best friends, Bird and Alligator, help teach opposite concepts of up and down, little and big, open and closed, out and in, short and tall, clean and dirty, dry and wet, noisy and quiet, near and far, awake and asleep to toddlers in a fun, approachable way.
The Bird and Alligator illustrations are so charming that my toddler actually sits still for the whole book, which never happens. The opposite pairs like clean and dirty and open and closed are simple enough for her to start pointing them out on her own.
My 18-month-old demands this one at least three times a day, mostly for the clean and dirty spread with the muddy Alligator. The opposites are simple enough for her to follow but the art gives me something to actually look at too.
My toddler giggles every time we get to the "clean and dirty" page, and the illustrations of Bird and Alligator make the opposites so easy for her to grasp. The book is sturdy enough for repeated bedtime reads, and it’s quickly become our favorite way to talk about big and little things around the h