Tana Hoban

Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.

Photographs of familiar outdoor scenes illustrate pairs of opposites.

Color photographs of letters, numbers, coins, and common objects introduce the alphabet, coinage, and the counting system.

Photographs demonstrate the spatial concepts expressed in twelve words such as around, across, between, against, and behind.

Color photographs of animals are accompanied by several descriptive words, e.g. tall, spotted, silent giraffe.

Photographs of familiar objects are first viewed through a cut-out hole, then in their entirety.

Photographs of toys, food, and other common objects are grouped on each page according to color.

Photographs and dots introduce the numbers one to one hundred.

Photographs without text feature shadows and reflections of various objects, animals, and people.