Better Together - Softcover

...(A)n excellent vehicle for teaching children cause and effect.--Bev Gerg"edwardsmagazinebookclub.com" (06/20/2011) The concept is terrific and the illustrations similarly sublime. The mix of vivid illustrations and energetic text has created a fun book that both kids and parents will enjoy.--Tami Oliphant"The Deakin Review of Children's Literature" (07/01/2011) A simple rhyming scheme...plus word choices that kids will appreciate make the poems accessible.--Carol S. Surges"School Library Journal" (07/01/2011) This book is an excellent vehicle for teaching children cause and effect...it inspires my daughter to ask questions.--Bev Gerg"edwardsmagazinebookclub.com" (06/20/2011) The beat is strong throughout, the rhythm natural and bouncy, the writing humorous and engaging, . Petricic's pen-and-ink illustrations are wonderful, filled with wit and whimsy.--Ken Kilback"Canadian Children's Book News" (08/01/2011)

Mix anything together and who knows what you'll get. You may create something wonderfully different! Water and flour make a sticky paste perfect for arts and crafts. And what can be better than mixing sugar, milk and butter to produce yummy fudge? With simple words and vivid illustrations, this series of 13 fun and bouncy poems illustrates the concept of combining things. Mixing blue and yellow paint to make green is probably familiar to most children, but who thinks of music as being the result of mixing the sounds of instruments? Or a sports team as the combination of many players with different strengths? Young children will love listening to these funny poems while learning about a simple, but important, concept.