Last Updated: September 25, 2026
Rapido E Lento = Fast and Slow
by Britta Teckentrup
Os dedinhos apontam, e as boquinhas falam. Que coisas rápidas e lentas você pode ver hoje? Small fingers point, little mouths say. What fast and slow things can you see today?
Big Bike, Little Bike
by Kellie DuBay Gillis
A charming cast of different animals approach the same simple bike, in a story that celebrates how circumstances can change perspective and how far one’s perspective–and one bike–can take someone.
Big and Little
by Erica Donner
Big and Little helps emergent readers understand and differentiate between these opposites while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience.
Playdate
by Maryann Macdonald
Children playing illustrate simple concepts such as old and new, fast and slow, and happy and sad.
Hide Seek Stinky Sweet: A Little Book of Opposites
by Ruth Austin
These playful images and key words encourage babies and toddlers to explore their world with confidence, empathy, and joy. A fun gentle way to build your little one’s vocabulary.
Hot and Cold
by Erica Donner
This board book helps emergent readers understand and differentiate between these opposites of hot and cold.
Stanley’s Opposites
by William Bee
Throughout the course of a busy day, Stanley, Little Woo, and Teddy learn about opposites.
Flora and Ostrich
by Molly Idle
In this book with minimal text Flora, a young dancer, learns about opposites with her new bird friend, an ostrich.
Three Little Kittens
retold by Steven Anderson
The three little kittens just want to go outside and play in this sing-along animal song. But where are their mittens? Learn about opposites, like lost and found, with mama cat and her silly kittens.
Fast and Slow
by Erica Donner
Fast and Slow helps emergent readers understand and differentiate between these opposites while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience.
Big Bear, Small Mouse
by Karma Wilson
A big bear and a small mouse discover all of the opposites between their animal friends.
Sun Above and Blooms Below: A Springtime of Opposites
by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
A class takes a springtime field trip to a farm to see chicks hatch and discover many opposite things in their surroundings.
Hippopposites
by Janik Coat
Simple text on board pages describes opposite aspects of a hippopotamus.
Quiet Bunny & Noisy Puppy
by Lisa McCue
Quiet Bunny’s forest friends all hibernate or go south for the winter, but when he meets a puppy from a nearby farm the two become the best of friends, even though they are opposites in every way.