(3) 4-6 Nonsense of a recent vintage comes with this combined volume containing Opposites (1973), More Opposites (1991), and an additional twelve poems and drawings. Wilbur's goofy logic and simple drawings make us re-examine our concept of what opposites can be: "What is the opposite of baby? / The answer is a grown-up, maybe," illustrated with a bow-tied gentleman sucking his thumb.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: August, 1973

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by J. Otto Seibold. "Some tiny insects make a seething sound, / And swarm and jitter furiously around, / Which seems to me sufficient explanation / Of why there is a gnat in indignation." Wilbur continues to play with words, this time in poems that drolly explain (or occasionally question) why certain words are found within other words. Seibold's surreal pictures suit the absurd content of the poems.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

(2) K-3 Illustrated by David Diaz. The celebrated poet and author of Opposites and More Opposites plays once again with words, here surmising in twenty-six poems what might befall us should we lose the alphabet. The tone of mild astonishment suits the subject matter, as Wilbur's poems are filled with small, satisfying surprises. Diaz's slick computer-generated art is bold and appropriately playful.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 1998