This Equals That

About this book

Aimed at children ages five and up this clever and surprising picture book by artists and collaborators Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin takes young viewers on a whimsical journey while teaching them associative thinking and visual language as well as colors shapes and numbers. Through a simple narrative and a rhythmic sequence of photographs the book generates multiple meanings making the experience of reading the book interactiveparent and child must ask questions and come up with their own answers drawing on the childs imagination. Each spread presents a new relationship that changes and shifts as the book unfolds with the last picture relating again to the first forming a circle. Through playful and inspired sequencing everyday scenes are transformed into a game of pairs enjoyable for adults and children alike.