YOU ARE (NOT) SMALL

Backed by a fun musical score, and read by the illustrator and two others, this audiobook explores the concept of perspective: Who's big and who's small? A snappy argument develops regarding size ("You are small. I am not small--you are big!") Eventually small vs. large gather allies, encouraging a crowd of similarly sized others, and the story descends into a chorus of cantankerous voices arguing--while discordant background notes echo the conflict. As the argument escalates, so does the volume: "BIG! SMALL!" they shout at each other --that is, until a couple of game-changing players enter to settle--or at least resolve--their dispute. Little kids, figuring out their place in the world, will ask their big people to play this one over and over. J.C.G. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2016]