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Triceratopposites likes to do and say the opposite of what his parents ask him to do.

In this book with minimal text Flora, a young dancer, learns about opposites with her new bird friend, an ostrich.

"Stegothesaurus has little in common with his fellow dinosaurs until he meets an allosaurus that seems as hungry for synonyms as he is." --

Presents a sequence of images that depict contrasting animal subjects in nonsensical scenarios, from a badger who takes shelter underneath a giraffe during a storm to an elephant in a treetop nest that is circled by fish and alligators.

"Two dogs--one big, and one little--approach the same outdoor adventure in very different ways"--

Single-word descriptions of a playful dog's antics introduce pairs of opposites.

While describing the moon's appearance, two children introduce pairs of opposites.

Follow the trail of animal opposites through the farmyard as it leads you to the biggest pig of all.

Depicts contrasting pairs of babies, including quick and slow, happy and sad, and hot and cold.