Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Winner 2015
The brown fuzzy animals think the purple fuzzy animals are small. The purple fuzzy animals do not think they are small, the brown fuzzy animals are just big. The brown fuzzy animals aren't big, just ask the rest of them. Likewise with the fuzzy purple animals being small. Of course, they could both be wrong. It would seem so when the appearance of something really huge and something very tiny makes both the brown and purple animals rethink their definitions of big and small.
You are (not) small is a great introduction into perspective and how some things are big to one person aren't so big to another. Using this book as a discussion starter, divide the students into groups of 4 or 5. Have them decide which items on a prepared list are big and which items are small. The groups can create charts to share with the class when everyone is ready. Discuss why some things are labeled as big for some people but small for others. To conclude your perspective lesson you can use a suggestion I found on the blog The Classroom Bookshelf to have each group create their own sequel entitled You are (not) hairy.
For this suggestion and others you can follow the link below:
http://classroombookshelf.blogspot.com/2015/03/2015-geisel-winner-you-are-not-small.html
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