upside-down books

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upside-down books

Mama's wild child

Papa's wild child
2006
Contains two stories in which a father and a mother share bedtime tales with their little ones about the behaviors of mother and father animals in the wild.

What the sun sees

What the moon sees
1997
Contrasts the world as viewed in sunlight with the quiet night world in moonlight.

The brothers' war

2005
Contains two stories centering on a Civil War adventurer in Virginia; the first story is told by a young girl, the second by a young boy.

Good faeries

1998
A presentation of faery art, with text that explores the nature of faeries--both good and bad--in all their shape-shifting guises.

A long way away

2013
"A picture book that can be read front-to-back or back-to-front. Start from one end and journey from outer space down to the sea; start from the other end and journey from deep in the sea out to a distant planet"--Provided by publisher.

Little lost fox cub, on the trail of Little Fox

1993
Mother Fox searches for Little Fox, trailing him by his scent and the other clues he has left behind, which the reader is encouraged to find in the illustrations. Closing the book and turning it over produces the story of Little Fox's adventure.

Palazzo Inverso

2010
A young apprentice to a master builder does some mischief that causes a palace to be built upside-down, which creates all sorts of trouble--and fun. Inspired by the work of M.C. Escher and intended to be read front-to-back, then turned over and read back-to-front.

A pup just for me

A boy just for me
2000
A rhyming story about a boy who is offered every kind of pet except the puppy he wants. When the book is turned over, the story is told from the dog's point of view.

Ten dirty pigs

Ten clean pigs : an upside-down, turn-around bathtime counting book
1999
In rhyming stories printed back to back, pigs from one to ten take baths to clean up and then get dirty again.

Raining cats and dogs

1993
A collection of nine poems about cats and nine poems about dogs, bound together in an upside-down book.

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