Bigger

by Daniel Kirk, Paulsen Nancy

There once was a boy so small that he did not have a name, but as soon as he was born, he began to grow, and before long the boy could see on top of the table instead of underneath, but when the boy got so big that his world began to grow, so did the promise of everything he was and would be.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

1 pages, Hardcover

First published April 13, 1998

Reviews

[Britney Padilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Children ages 1-5.
Summary-narrative/plot, main character(s), setting:
This story shows the process of how a little boy grows. The illustrations depict the fetus in the womb at about two stages. He is shown in his crib as he keeps growing through the nights and days. He continues growing and is shown as he learns to crawl and then learns to walk. The little boy is then shown to be outgrowing his clothes. Towards the end, the little boy is shown to be playing with other big kids, riding bicycles, and visiting the zoo. As the little boy grows he learns that he can learn so much and that he is big enough to hold in all that information. This books strengths are that it gets the basic idea across about a child's stages of growth by showing the boy from fetus to baby to a toddler. The biggest strengths of this book are the colorful illustrations. The first panels of the fetus in the womb are on a black background. As the baby is born, in the crib, and learning to walk and crawl the panels get larger. Towards the end when the little boy is shown playing with other children the entire page replaces the panel. Furthermore, the panel extends on the previous page as the little boy is in the zoo and as he learns how much he can learn. A weakness would be how the story points out that as he was growing, he did not know how to walk, talk, or feed himself. He only knew how to grow. It might be a bit confusing because at that age no one really only “knows” that they are growing. They just grow. I would recommend this title to small children in attempt to show them how they start off so small and how they grow. This would be a great book to have in a lesson plan to show how children grow in stages.

[Manu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mommy: 5 stars . Today I read this book to Leila’s class and I enjoyed the book and the experience immensely!

Leila: 5 stars. I wanna keep it in my school. (What do u remember about the book?) he was born. (And then what happened?) and then he growed bigger and bigger and bigger.

[Natalie Hoist · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Bigger" tells the story about a boy and his life through all of its stages. From when he was in the womb, to when he could read. This would be a good book to read to your children and explain to them about each different stage that they went through or will go through. I would recommend this book to kindergarten.

[Candace Carr]

I would read this book to a first or second grade classroom on a unit about growth and comparing things in size. Through this book students learn about how people grow and can use it to relate how others things in our world grow the same.

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice vivid pictures help tell the story of a kid (first shown as a tiny fetus) growing up.

[Christa Wade · Rating 3 out of 5]

My three year old is always talking about how much bigger she is, comparing herself to various heights of things. I thought this book would be perfect for her.

[Ava · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bigger informs children what happens from birth through becoming a kid. Children can understand how much they learn and memorize and grow throughout their childhood.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful childrens book cherishing the sanctity of life.

[Clarissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute picture book about little kids growing bigger and bigger!