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by Anita Lobel (Author), Anita Lobel (Illustrator)
Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Anita Lobel introduces the concept of opposites with search and find elements in this picture book detailing the "rich, warm journey from morning to night" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) of a day spent in the city as seen through a child's eyes.
We see a little dog step out of a door in a house.We watch a large workman climb out of a hole in the street.
Look up there! A big bird is hovering high above a column.
See down here! Little birds are pecking below a fire hydrant. Take a stroll through town and see all that makes the city go while finding the opposites in the illustrations in this sweet and entertaining picture book.
Author Biography
Anita Lobel's name is synonymous with the best in children's literature. She is the creator of such classics as Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, and she received a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in On Market Street. She is the creator of three books featuring her cat, Nini: One Lighthouse, One Moon (a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book); Nini Lost and Found; and Nini Here and There. And she wrote Ducks on the Road, which The Horn Book called "cozy." Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Anita Lobel lives in New York City.
