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Big is an American picture book written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison. It was well received, winning the 2024 Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King honor [2] for both its writing and illustrations. The book tells the story of a young black girl dealing with what it's like to be big.
A Wimmelbilderbuch (German, literally "teeming picture book"), wimmelbook, or hidden picture book is a type of large-format, wordless picture book. It is characterized by full-spread drawings (sometimes across gatefold pages) depicting scenes richly detailed with humans, animals, and objects. [ 1 ]
A meeting was held at Virgin in mid-July 1996 with the New Adventures editorial team, Peter Darvill-Evans, Rebecca Levene and Simon Winstone, and several regular writers for the series: Paul Cornell, Gareth Roberts, Andy Lane, Lance Parkin and Justin Richards. This was to plan the basics of the Benny books.
The Bench (book) Berenstain Bears; Best Word Book Ever; Big Al (book) Big Al and Shrimpy; Big Cat, Little Cat; The Big Honey Hunt; A Big Mooncake for Little Star; The Big Orange Splot; The Big Pets; Big Pumpkin; The Big Snow; Big Susan; Billy and Blaze; Bink & Gollie; The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories; Bird (book) Birdsong (picture book)
Benny's Hedges – a one-off strip featuring a boy who walked round with two hedges on wheels, helping various members of society. This included a peeping tom who used the hedges to hide behind, and leer at passing ladies. Benny also created a "maze" to entertain two unruly children, one of which exclaimed "Tee-hee, help, I'm lost!"
These books began as educational tools for young children to tell stories and can still be a useful format for pre-literature children. [1] [2] However, some more recent wordless picture books require the reader to be acquainted with conventions around reading books and can be a fun challenge for older readers. [1]
This interactive approach transformed traditional reading experiences into an immersive one. The company's most successful series, *The Moving Picture Books*, gained widespread popularity and was a pivotal example of early mechanical books in the United States. [1] The earliest English editions in this series seem to have been released around 1909.
A 2013 International Reading Association Teachers' Choice [9] A 2013 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children [10] A 2013 American Library Association Notable Children's Book [11] A New York Times best seller [12] A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2012 [13] A 2012 Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth [14] A Wall Street Journal Best ...