Mirror Hardcover – 1 Nov. 2010

Jeannie Baker's book ''Mirror is superbly illustrated. Her detail to work is captivating. A beautifully portrayed and cleverly told story in amazing collage detail of 'a day in the life of two families living in different parts of the world and how their lives are interwoven ironically by a carpet'. This is a book that will permanently have a place on my book shelf.I can recommend that all of Jeannie Baker's books will be adored by all ages and definitely inspires young and old to have a go at using their artistic skills at making a collage.

Used this book with a group of ten year olds and they were fascinated by the artwork and presentation of the book. We had very long discussions "telling the stories". As the book has no text there is a lot of scope for creative conversation.

Using this in my school as a stimulus not only for childrens writing but for PSHE work to. So many paralelles with childrens own lives and lots for them to talk about. Created good debates in class of 9 year olds.

I bought this to use with a class of 6-7 year olds, to help them compare their lives with those of children who live in the desert. A beautiful book with lovely pictures, it makes differences (and similarities) really clear to them. They really enjoyed talking about the children in the story and learnt a lot. My own daughter who's 3 also enjoyed looking at it and finding out how children around the world are different yet similar. The way it's done. Where you read both stories simultaneously is a lovely idea.

Mirror is a very interesting picture book about two families. One family is a normal family that live the way we live in London now, and the other family lives in a desert with camels! This book shows how people live in different places, and how some things are just the same. I love it!

My son and daughter enjoyed looking at this book.

Billingual book about two cultures and two ways of life, illustrated in a fresh and ingeniouse style. Great piece of work from Australian illustrator, three dimensional images made of pieces of real material stuck on a wooden board. Great, not only for collectors.

This is a great book for teaching stories from other cultures. There are two stories which are read simultaneously and told by pictures rather than text. I have never seen a book like it.