Cartoon-style illustrations in ink and watercolor use simple shapes with heavy black outlines set off by lots of white space, with an oversized format and large typeface adding to the spare but polished design. The story is told effectively with just a few words per page, though younger readers might need help understanding the size and perspective concepts. In the end, they decide they are all hungry and trudge off to eat together. Eventually, these brightly colored animals learn to see things in a different way. Tiny, pink critters then float down by parachute, further complicating the size comparisons. This is followed by a show-stopping double-page spread depicting two huge, blue legs and the single word “Boom!” in huge display type.

The purple creature maintains that the orange creature is “big” the orange one counters by calling the purple one “small.” This continues, devolving into a very funny shouting match, pages full of each type of creature hollering across the gutter.

They live with their children in New Jersey.ĭiscover more books like You Are Not Small, by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant, on The Children’s Book Review by checking out our articles tagged with Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant.Fuzzy, bearlike creatures of different sizes relate to one another in an amusing story that explores the relative nature of size.Ī small purple creature meets a similarly shaped but much larger orange critter. About the Author and Illustrator Christoper Weyant and Anna KangĬhristopher Weyant’s work has been published worldwide in books, newspapers, magazines, and online. His cartoons are in permanent collection at The Whitney Museum of American Art and The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. Anna Kang received her MFA from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. YOU ARE (NOT) SMALL is their first children’s book they are currently at work on a sequel. The simple text of Anna Kang and bold illustrations of New Yorker cartoonist Christopher Weyant tell an original and very funny story about size-it all depends on who’s standing next to you. Two fuzzy creatures can’t agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all!

You Are (Not) Small by Anna Kang