This Book is Upside Down

Fun book! I got it for my niece for Christmas!......more

How fun is this book ! Playing with an upside down situation, this picture book presents two points of views, the one of Penelope Giraffe and the one of Gus Penguin. Young readers will laugh as they have to turn the book to follow the story. Both of the protagonists are right, and one thing is sure......more

This book is very clever in that it subverts expectations for traditional book orientation and plays with the paratextual elements of picturebooks. However, I do find the exploration of it a bit underdeveloped. But I did appreciate the meta aspect of the giraffe's book and the intentional design of......more

Fun as Penelope Giraffe and Gus Penguin debate who is upside down requiring a lot of book shifting unless you are good at reading upside down! Favourite page: when Linda Lobster comes in as moderator and asks if they ever tried 'scuttling.' Two sides to every story is well illustrated here.......more

Such a goofy, funny, wonderful story! We LOVED this one- and it made for such a great read-aloud. Super silly flipping the book over and back again, and just WHO is upside down?! Get this one for your classroom or library, or to read to your children :)......more