Another cleverly designed concept book from Laura Vaccaro Seeger explores opposites. Each page features a single concept presented as a one-word question (“narrow?” “follow?”), and an accompanying illustration that visually conveys the idea. Part of each image is viewed through a die-cut. A lift of the heavy-stock, full- page flap reveals the concept’s opposite (“wide!” “follow!”), while the portion of the original image viewed through the die-cut is now part of a new illustration that visually expresses the opposite concept. The bold, colorful, clean-lined images in this attractive, engaging volume are arranged so that the pairings on each two-page spread reference one another with one or more shared colors. (Ages 3–6)

Having explored the alphabet (The Hidden Alphabet), colors (Lemons Are Not Red), and emotions (Walter Was Worried), Laura Vaccaro Seeger turns her extraordinary talents to opposites in this bright, colorful and imaginative book. Through a series of ingenious die-cut pages, the reader discovers things that are the opposite of what they seem: A black bat transformed into a white ghost, a sunny day that becomes a starry night. Posed as a series of 18 questions and answers, Black? White! Day? Night! is sure to be a big success with small children everywhere.