
Each Peach Pear Plum
Author:
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator:
Janet Ahlberg
Published by:
Puffin
First Published:
1 Jan 1978
Ideal for readers aged
0-2y
My Review
I can still recite the text of this book by heart, we must have read it so many times! This seek-and-find book introduces characters from all the best known nursery rhymes to young children, and the rhyming story encourages them to engage by finding the hidden characters on each page. The illustrations are so detailed and immersive, and no more so than on the last page, where all the characters are featured in a picnic spread around a giant plum pie, and listeners will want to find every single one! I really like that Ahlberg doesn't patronise young children with his drawings or the concept of the book, which might seem quite sophisticated at first, but is actually perfectly within their grasp. It's a book we never got bored of.
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