Inside Outside ~ Picture Book & KID KANDY

Inside Outside
By Lizi Boyd
(Chronicle Books, 2013)

Clever cut-out windows play a part of two different story book pages in Inside Outside.

Inside Outside is a wordless picture book about things that happen inside and outside. Designed on brown craft look-alike paper, ink drawings and focused infusions of color draw attention to the inside and outside activities of the main character. I love this picture book and its simplicity and story about an industrious and creative child.

Inside Outside is full of ideas of things to do. I don't think that is the main purpose, but readers will be inspired about activities that could entertain and inspire children. The four different seasons are a part of the illustrations and activities in Inside Outside.

Young readers will love looking through the windows and cut-outs to discover how the pictures connect to both sides. Non-readers and readers alike will be engaged in this fun book.

KID KANDY:

What Is Outside and Inside Your Window?

Look out your window. What do you see? Does it change when you move?

Go outside. Look in your window. What do you see now? Do you need help to see inside the window?

Choose which way you prefer to look out (or in) the window. Draw a large rectangle on paper to make a window. Draw things inside the rectangle that you see through your window.

Use a different piece of paper to cut out a window. Hold it up and look through the paper window. What do you see?

Hold your thumbs to the opposite index fingers (the finger you use to point) to make a window. Walk around and look through the window made by your fingers. How does the view change when you are inside? Outside?

Where do you like to spend most of your time - inside or outside? Why?