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Small Monster, Big Monster

A Seriously Silly Book of Opposites
Brief Description
Welcome to a wildly entertaining monster world, where everyday situations turn into hilarious lessons in opposites! Monster gets ON the bus. Passengers get OFF! Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL! From a big monster who wants to play with small humans, to a monster who sleeps... Read More
Format: Board book
$1595
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Welcome to a wildly entertaining monster world, where everyday situations turn into hilarious lessons in opposites

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Welcome to a wildly entertaining monster world, where everyday situations turn into hilarious lessons in opposites!

Monster gets ON the bus. Passengers get OFF! Refrigerator is EMPTY. Monster is FULL!

From a big monster who wants to play with small humans, to a monster who sleeps all day and plays all night, these silly and surprising creatures make learning opposites outrageously fun!

Filled with laugh-out-loud scenarios, Small Monster, Big Monster supports early learners in building vocabulary and understanding opposites in the world around them. Simple text, irresistible characters, and clever twists invite children to make intuitive connections between words and ideas while giggling at every turn. Vibrant, eye-catching illustrations, printed in neon inks, bring the concept of opposites to life, packing each page with new visual details to notice.

Fresh, funny, and full of character, Small Monster, Big Monster is an exuberant introduction to opposites for curious little learners.

For ages 0-3 years

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837292110

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Board book

Date Published: 13 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Illustration: 20 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Designed by Meagan Bennett

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 20

About the Author

Allan Sanders is an illustrator and artist who lives by the sea in Brighton, UK. He has illustrated several Children’s books including On the Move, My Amazing Body, Outer Space, The Animal World, The Book of Perfectly Perilous Math, and most recently The Alphabet of Alphabets and A Number of Numbers for Wide Eyed Editions. He likes diagrams, limited palettes, screen printing, comic books, handwritten type, and wonky perspectives.

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