Messner, Kate,

The whale's tale and the otter's side of the story : a book to read from front to back and back to front / by Kate Messner & [illustrated by] Brian Biggs. - First edition. - 1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Read from left to right and then read again right to left.

Includes bibliographical references.

A boastful whale and a showboating otter compete in a battle of words to prove that each is the greatest animal ever to swim the seas. Read one way, the first-person text brags about whales' superiority; read the other way, it extols how much better otters are. Using true information about the two marine species to make both arguments... [this reversible book illustrates] how the same words can be used to express contradictory opinions when speakers have a one-sided view of the world.

ISBN: 9780063372627

LCCN: 2025939400

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Whales
Otters
Debates and debating
Competition (Psychology)
Perspective (Linguistics)

Dewey Class. No.: [E]