Round Trip (Hardcover)

by Ann Jonas (Author, Illustrator) "We started out as soon as it was light..." (more)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"An inventive book for young readers that will delight anyone whose imagination is intact." -- -- ALA Booklist (starred review)

"Show-stopping sleight of pen." -- -- Kirkus Review

Product Description

This book isn't just the story of a round trip--it is a round trip! Read forward and look at the sights, then flip the book over to see something different on the way back. Ann Jonas's amazing two-way trip is guarnateed to change the way you look at things!

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1st edition (April 1, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 068801772X
• ISBN-13: 978-0688017729
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #182,417 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very clever!, July 28, 2000

By	Jane James "homeschoolmum" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Round Trip (Paperback)

My son saw this one on Reading Rainbow and he was so fascinated by the pictures that we went right out and bought it. It is very cleverly done, and all my kids really like this one.

Basically, every picture tells TWO stories. You read the book through, then turn it over and read it upside down. A bridge with water running under it and cars driving over it become, when upside down, a fence with electric poles and wires running alongside and stars in the sky above! It's really a wonderful little book.

Only 4 stars because the story isn't interesting enough to read twice, although the pictures are great fun to look at over and over again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reversible in black and white, September 17, 2005

By	Mrs. Debra Parker "Growing Grandma" (Orem, UT, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Round Trip" is a book with a surprise! Each black and white scene tells half of a story and then the book can be turned upside down to tell the second half. Drawings work either right side up or upside down and are visual delights. We read it over and over.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Round Trip, By Ann Jonas, December 3, 1998

By A Customer

This is a kids book about a trip to the city. it seems a little stupid at first, as every page has on line (i.e. "we went throught the tunnel"), but is a nice book. then, at the end of the kids trip to the city, they say "time to turn around and go home", and you turn the book over, and it has hidden in the pictures other pictures that appear upside down. EXTREMELY CLEVER. All black and white. also try REFLECTIONS by Ann Jonas, which is similar, but in color. A truely great boo. (for a kid to read, or a adult to marvel at) Any questions, E-Mail me. END