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Baffling sightings in a busy city--an ear behind a tall building, a nose outside a fancy store, a bushy tail in the park, a foot outside the museum, and more--provide clues to the true identity of Big Bunny.

Henry's mother tells him a story about when she was small.

Tired of being the smallest child in the family, Little Bunny discovers on Christmas Eve what it would be like to be even smaller.

When she wakes up early one morning, Willa questions her big brother about what it will be like to be a grown up.

Elliot the little elephant has a hard time with a lot of things in the city he loves until he meets Mouse, who is even smaller--and hungrier.

Little Hippo cannot wait to grow up and complains that all the other animals are bigger than him, until he helps a small beetle and feels better about himself.

"What do you do when your red galoshes are too big?"--

Papa and Brother Bear demonstrate the difference between big and small with a variety of objects from hats and heads to suits of clothes.

Sam's dad says that he is too small to fly their new kite, but when Dad, the postman, a bank robber, and some zoo animals get pulled up into the sky, only Sam can save them.

In pictures and simple text the book presents unexpected opposites, like a big zebra sweeping with a little broom, or a big lion riding in a tiny wagon.