Books with title Animals Big and Small

A trio of high school outcasts--Paul, Big, and Small--face the complicated world of predators and prey in high school and come to realize that overcoming life's challenges will take more than perseverance.Paul Adams is the shortest kid at his high school, and the school bullies relentlessly pick on him. He spends the entire day wishing school would end so he can escape to his favorite sport of rock climbing. This is the only place where he feels in control, competent, and free, despite the inherent fear.Lily Small is athletic, attractive, and, despite her last name, is actually very tall. Another kid, who looks almost like a grown man, introduces himself with a long Polynesian name, but says everyone calls him ""Big,"" and he seems to like the nickname! As they get to know each other, Paul, Big, and Small discover they have a lot in common as outsiders in their high school. As the trio's friendship forms, their unique personalities are no longer those of misfits, but complement each other.Paul and Lily decide to enter a local competition for climbers, but their plans are abruptly halted by Lily's diagnosis of leukemia. Paul is terrified of what lies ahead in Lily's medical treatment, knowing what happened to his mother who died of cancer a few short years before. He retreats back to rabbit mode and can't even visit her in the hospital. But Lily really wants Paul to go ahead with the competition and advises him to team up with Conor, the student who bullies Paul the most. Reluctantly, Paul agrees to move ahead with Lily's wish, knowing that Conor is a strong climber and their best chance at winning.

With engaging photos and patterned text, books in this series are perfect for introducing emergent readers to the topic of opposites. In Big and Small readers are shown fun and familiar examples of big and small things and quized on their ability to identify things that are big or small. With a focus on high-frequency and decodeable words and strong photo-to-text matching makes this a perfect book for early readers to enjoy.

Two best friends are off on a special adventure in this gorgeous book from Elizabeth Bennett and illustrator Jane Chapman (I'm Not Sleepy! and The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm!). With a rhyming story that'll have your children chanting along and captivatingly bright illustrations, Big and Small is guaranteed to become a firm bedtime favourite. It's a big day out for Big and Small. But Small keeps getting into trouble. "A little help, please!" he calls. But Big could do with some help too...Sometimes the smallest of mice can help in the BIGGEST of ways.