Maisy Big, Maisy Small: A Book of Rhyming Opposites

Get a whole new perspective on Maisy! Lucy Cousins reimagines her famous mouse in an exuberant concept book that will fascinate young fans.

You’ve never seen Maisy like this! She’s fast, she’s slow, she’s messy, she’s clean—in this kaleidoscopic concept book, the beloved mouse even changes her look from familiar to new as she demonstrates thick and thin, tall and short, young and old, wiggly and straight. With colors and patterns so vibrant they leap off the page, this fresh approach to concepts makes learning about opposites irresistible, for both loyal Maisy fans and new friends alike.Cousins has fun with perspective and pattern, adding some texture to opposites like stripes and spots, or spiky and fluffy. Through it all, the blithe, familiar smile of Maisy Mouse keeps the tiny audience safe and sound with these new ideas. An ideal first book for babies, teaching essential words with bright, basic illustration.
—School Library JournalLucy Cousins is the creator of the beloved Maisy series. She is also the author-illustrator of the widely acclaimed Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, as well as A Good Place; Splish, Splash, Ducky!; I’m the Best; Hooray for Birds!; Hooray for Fish!; and a picture book series about Little Fish.