Faster, Faster, Nice and Slow - Nick Sharratt

'Faster, Faster! Nice and Slow' is a children's picture book by Nick Sharratt and Sue Heap. The book is large - slightly bigger than A4 in size and is very bright and colourful so appeals to young children and even to older babies too. The book isn't really a story as such, it's more a series of opposites. Although the object of the book is no doubt to teach a little of how opposites work, 'Faster, Faster! Nice and Slow!' is told in a very rhythmical, rhyming way and is therefore very fun and entertaining to read, as well as being educational. The book is based around two characters - Nick and Sue who are basically childlike versions of the authors. They ...  Read the complete review

This is a book of opposites. There is no real narrative it is just pictures of a boy and girl in various situations doing or experiencing something opposite to the other. For example, the boy is out in the snow and the text says 'It's very cold' and on the facing page the girl is in a sun hat by the sea with the text, 'It's hot today'. As well as showing opposites the book also reads in rhyme. The first two pages say, 'We're Nick and Sue, Hello, hello!', with the faces of the two main protaganists Nick and Sue who I assume are representative of the books award winning creators Nick Sharratt and Sue Heap. At the end of the book they say, 'We're Nick and Sue, ...  Read the complete review