Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book Of Opposites. Written & Illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book Of Opposites. New Milford, Conn.: Roaring Brook Press, 2006. Print. 18 pages
Age Group:	0-4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	An interactive picture flip book with die cut pages presenting opposites.  Few words, great pictures, what better way to learn about opposites.
Personal Reaction:	Laura Vaccaro Seeger seems to just keep rolling great ideas out into children’s literature. Encourages me to want to set up a display and program with her books.
Keywords/Tags:	English Language, Synonyms and Antonyms, Juvenile Literature, Vocabulary
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations. ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left and in some cases up and down Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books