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Each Peach Pear Plum
This interactive book invites young children to play the classic "I spy" game. The rhymed verses give youngsters clues about who to look for in the detailed illustrations. Little ones will be delighted when they spy Tom Thumb, Jack and Jill, The Three Little Bears and many other nursery rhyme characters hiding in the pictures. This sturdy new board book edition is perfect...more
Board Book, 32 pages
Published
September 1st 1999
by Viking Juvenile
(first published 1978)
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E for effort. I love the idea here - an 'I spy' set up where the child searches for familiar characters (Mother Hubbard, Cinderella, etc). I just wasn't wowed by the execution. First, the rhyming is a bit shaky in spots. Second, I know I'm a bit (okay a lot) of a snob when it comes to illustrations, but I just really can't think of much nice to say here. The cover is far superior to anything in the book. I found the interior illustrations to be really cutesy and unsatisfying. And this won the Ka...more
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Apr 25, 2013
Gordon
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Parents who like stories that aren't too long!
In Each Peach Pear Plum, Allan Ahlberg explores the darkest realms of fantasy, describing in ultra-minimalist style the dichotomy between good and evil. Allan’s repetitive text wastes no words; this is espionage literature with the gripping narrative of Forsyth and Ludlum, written with sinister style of Le Carré and Greene. Characters are spotted, but only rarely are we given a glimpse of their fate – we know that Jack and Jill will fall down the hill, but it will happen off-screen, and in our i...more
Reflecting back to my childhood, this was one my favourite books! I read this book so many times that in the end, I memorised all the lines! It is a colourful picture book based on characters from traditional tales and consists of rhyming words and is very easy to remember. It begins with… ‘Each Peach Pear Plum, I spy…. Tom Thumb.’ Tom Thumb then spies another traditional character and the rhyme continues. It is a short and fun book to read. It engages and excites the reader from the start. It i...more
This is one of my all-time favourite books. It is a simple picture book that is based on traditional characters from traditional tales. In my opinion it is intended for children from the ages of 3-7; so EYFS. It uses the game of ‘I spy’ and this helps to encourage readers to spot the characters in a variety of different settings.
There is use of short simple rhymes and the author guides the reader on a scavenger hunt in search of the familiar nursery rhyme characters cleverly nestled within the...more
There is use of short simple rhymes and the author guides the reader on a scavenger hunt in search of the familiar nursery rhyme characters cleverly nestled within the...more
I never even heard of this one but I loved it. It began with “Each Peach Pear Plum I spy Tom Thumb.” Then Tom Thumb sees Mother Hubbard. Mother Hubbard sees Cinderella. The Three Bears are watching Cinderella. The Three Bears are hunting and Baby Bunting is nearby. Baby Bunting floats past Bo-Peep. Bo-Peep goes to the well and Jack and Jill are on their way down. Jack and Hill are being watched by the Wicked Witch. The Wicked Witch almost gets shot by Robin Hood. The Three Bears and near Robin H...more
Janet and Allan Ahlberg recieved the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration for this picturebook in 1978. The intended audience for this book is children ages birth to five(N).
This book is reminiscent of the "I Spy" and "Walter Wick" titles, employing whimsical illustration instead of photographs. Using short simple rhymes, the author guides the young reader on a scavenger hunt, in search of the familiar nursery rhyme characters cleverly nestled within the illustrations.
I gave this book 4 star...more
This book is reminiscent of the "I Spy" and "Walter Wick" titles, employing whimsical illustration instead of photographs. Using short simple rhymes, the author guides the young reader on a scavenger hunt, in search of the familiar nursery rhyme characters cleverly nestled within the illustrations.
I gave this book 4 star...more
Each Peach Pear Plum is told in verse using various characters from nursery rhymes and the game of eye spy. This makes it very easy to remember (I don't have the book in front of me, but could easily recite it word for word) and also makes it perfect for whole class participation, wether completing the rhymes call and response style or finding the characters in the beautifully detailed illustrations. Indeed for me it's the pictures that are the best part of the book; from the opening page that e...more
One of my all time favourite books! It is a picture book that is based on characters from traditional tales. It uses the game 'I spy' to encourage the reader to spot the characters in a variety of different settings.
This book would be suitable for Early Years as it has rhythmical text and features a game that will be recognised by young children.
It is a great book which young learners can become involved in. It can be read to the whole class and followed by setting smaller group tasks and/or in...more
This book would be suitable for Early Years as it has rhythmical text and features a game that will be recognised by young children.
It is a great book which young learners can become involved in. It can be read to the whole class and followed by setting smaller group tasks and/or in...more
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Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is a fun spying game hid between the pages of a book that would be great to play with Kindergarten or 1st graders. In this book you are introduced to several fairytale characters in which you have to "spy" for them first. Once you find that character they spy on another character, for example: "Tom Thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard". On that page you will see Tom Thumb very clearly but might have trouble finding Mother Hubbard, but once y...more
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Viking, 1978) is a wonderful take on both Nursery Rhymes and the fun game "I Spy." On each page is a simple rhyming phrase, with a picture opposite with someone for us to look for. For example, the first page says "Each Peach Pear Plum / I Spy Tom Thumb." IN the picture, we see peach, pear, and plum trees, and Tom Thumb is hiding in the branches. The fairy tale characters who appear include the Three Bears, Baby Bunting, Mother Hubbard, Cinderella...more
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg is an I Spy game looking for nursery rhyme and fairy tale characters featuring rhyming verse.
Ahlberg's very derailed watercolor illustrations have an old fashioned look that is perfect for this I Spy tale. Small drawings above the text refer to the main character in the following pages. This book is good for improving visual discrimination. I enjoyed the frequent humorous touches. My favorite images are cupboard, stairs, hunting, wood, den, dry an...more
Ahlberg's very derailed watercolor illustrations have an old fashioned look that is perfect for this I Spy tale. Small drawings above the text refer to the main character in the following pages. This book is good for improving visual discrimination. I enjoyed the frequent humorous touches. My favorite images are cupboard, stairs, hunting, wood, den, dry an...more
Dec 10, 2011
Akemi Joy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Children everywhere!
Recommended to Akemi Joy by:
my mom
Shelves:
board-books
I love this book! It is a great "I Spy" book for young kids. My family had the larger paperback version when I was growing up. I think it is a great books for beginning readers to read to their younger siblings and a great book for pre-readers to have read to them. We got the board book version for a friend's 2-year-old and she loves it. Her favorite character to find is Mother Hubbard. Lots of classic fairy tale/fable characters that can seem obscure to some people. My friend thinks it might be...more
This book is a very interactive book for young children. It consists of rhyming words of famous nursery rhyme characters. Children are given clues of who to look for in each page through the game of ‘I spy…’. It keeps the reader eager to see what character will come next, eventually spying all of the characters at the end.
It is one of my all-time favourite children’s books.
I think this book is suitable for children in Early Years Foundation Stage as it is full of colourful pictures. However I am...more
It is one of my all-time favourite children’s books.
I think this book is suitable for children in Early Years Foundation Stage as it is full of colourful pictures. However I am...more
Each Peach Pear Plum is a picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. This is a book that I have owned and consistently read to my four year old daughter for the past two years. The clear and detailed pictures are important in terms of helping the child to visually interact with the book. When reading this she really enjoys finding the area of the picture relevant to the text. For example, "Tom thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard" we look for Tom Thumb and Mother Hubbard in the picture. Ver...more
Ahlberg, Janet, and Allan Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum. New York: Puffin, 1986.
*Participation book
-This is a classic "I Spy" type story where children use the rhyming verse to know which story book characters (like Tom Thumb, Jack and Jill, and Cinderella) they should be looking for in the illustrations.
Themes
-rhyming
-I spy
-story book characters
Activities to do with children
-play a nursery rhyme guessing game. Put each of the characters on an index card. Have children act them out like charade...more
*Participation book
-This is a classic "I Spy" type story where children use the rhyming verse to know which story book characters (like Tom Thumb, Jack and Jill, and Cinderella) they should be looking for in the illustrations.
Themes
-rhyming
-I spy
-story book characters
Activities to do with children
-play a nursery rhyme guessing game. Put each of the characters on an index card. Have children act them out like charade...more
This is a great book for an elementary age child who knows the stories to read to a younger sibling, who doesn't.
I read this aloud over and over during the 1 to 2 year old years. Finding the characters, the dog, the bunnies became increasingly the fun part. I have to think however how this young age group is appreciating these characters whose stories are more complex and have not yet been heard. In other words, I know who Jack and Jill are, Mother Hubbard, and the rest, but our two year old doe...more
I read this aloud over and over during the 1 to 2 year old years. Finding the characters, the dog, the bunnies became increasingly the fun part. I have to think however how this young age group is appreciating these characters whose stories are more complex and have not yet been heard. In other words, I know who Jack and Jill are, Mother Hubbard, and the rest, but our two year old doe...more
Sep 03, 2011
Allison W.
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Toddlers and up
Recommended to Allison W. by:
1001 BYMRBYGU
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I found this book delightful. The illustrations are beautiful and yet complex. Each page creates anticipation for the next. It introduces characters from a wide variety of sources laying the foundation for introducing a child to those characters later.
As I read through it, I found myself closely examining each picture looking for the next character to emerge along with all the little hidden details that are so delicately hidden in the images. Ironically, when I finished this book and flipped it...more
As I read through it, I found myself closely examining each picture looking for the next character to emerge along with all the little hidden details that are so delicately hidden in the images. Ironically, when I finished this book and flipped it...more
Title: Each Peach Pear Plum
Author: Allan and Janet Ahlberg
Genre: Children’s
Challenges: PB & J Challenge, 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, Read and Review Challenge 2010, Young Readers Reading Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Pages Read 2010, A to Z challenge, 1001 Childrens book Before I Grow Up
Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: 32
Published: 1978 (Awards: Winner of the Library Associations – Kate Greenway Medal 1978, merican Library Assocati...more
Author: Allan and Janet Ahlberg
Genre: Children’s
Challenges: PB & J Challenge, 101 Books in 1001 Days Challenge, Read and Review Challenge 2010, Young Readers Reading Challenge 2010, 2010 Support Your Local Library Reading Challenge, 100 + Reading Challenge, Pages Read 2010, A to Z challenge, 1001 Childrens book Before I Grow Up
Rating: 4/5
No. of Pages: 32
Published: 1978 (Awards: Winner of the Library Associations – Kate Greenway Medal 1978, merican Library Assocati...more
This is a series of rhyming couplets, each with corresponding pictures. For example; the book opens with “Each Peach Pear Plum, I spy Tom Thumb.” The corresponding picture shows lots of peach, pear and plum trees; hidden in one of the trees is Tom Thumb. This introduces children to rhyme, but also to perspective and looking beyond the obvious.
It would be interesting to read this book to a small group of Foundation Stage children and ask them to find the relevant person on each page. In addition,...more
It would be interesting to read this book to a small group of Foundation Stage children and ask them to find the relevant person on each page. In addition,...more
This was one of my absolute favourite books when I was little and I still love it now. I was reminded of how great it was when I bought it for my niece's 2nd birthday (I just had to read it through before I wrapped it).
It basically has a string of well-known fairytale and nursery rhyme characters that are described in two-line rhymes on each page. Accompanying each set of lines is a lovely illustration where you can find every character that is mentioned in the lines for that page. I used to lov...more
It basically has a string of well-known fairytale and nursery rhyme characters that are described in two-line rhymes on each page. Accompanying each set of lines is a lovely illustration where you can find every character that is mentioned in the lines for that page. I used to lov...more
I really enjoyed this book as a child. I really like how the story is written in a rhyming format. When a character is introduced you can find the character on the opposite page.It really engages the children in the book, which I've seen when reading the book to children in a reception class. It challenges the children to look carefully for the nursery rhyme character. You have to look carefully when looking for the characters, althought I have read the book endless times I always find it diffic...more
One of the best rhyming books I can remember from my child hood.The book is great for phonic sounds and letter sound associations. The book is also ideal for early readers who like to explore as listeners are encouraged to find hidden characters and objects within the pictures, just like the 'I spy' game. The book can be a base of many activities such as: identifying rhyming words and the 'I spy with my eye' game itself. Fine colourful details within the pictures also help to capture the readers...more
Oct 16, 2011
Phil
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I remember it like it was yesterday. I was three years old, and we were over at my grandma's house, where I had just received this book as a gift. I knew the alphabet and a few phonics. Maybe I had read a word or two in the past. My parents and my grandma being engrossed in conversation, I had no one to read the book to me. So I figured I'd give it a shot. I don't know if I actually expected to read it, but WOW!—I read every last word. The conversation of the grown-ups tapered off as I sat there...more
A classic picture book, which would be great for EYFS. This book is fun way to introduce the children to the concept of "I spy". The children have to look on each page for different characters from various nursery rhymes and books (for example Robin Hood, Jack and Jill). At the end all the characters are together for the last page, eating the plum pie together.
A fun and interactive book, children will enjoy this book as they will be actively looking on each page for the character, a clue is pro...more
A fun and interactive book, children will enjoy this book as they will be actively looking on each page for the character, a clue is pro...more
Each Peach Pear Plum is a delightful book for very early readers.
The story is especially simple, relying on the reader/listener finding the appropriate well-known nursery rhyme character in the illustration opposite. The reader finds each character as the book progresses, until at the end, we are surprised to see “Everyone” having a picnic together.
The lovely illustrations are bright and very detailed, allowing generous time to be taken studying them, finding the characters, and encouraging dis...more
The story is especially simple, relying on the reader/listener finding the appropriate well-known nursery rhyme character in the illustration opposite. The reader finds each character as the book progresses, until at the end, we are surprised to see “Everyone” having a picnic together.
The lovely illustrations are bright and very detailed, allowing generous time to be taken studying them, finding the characters, and encouraging dis...more
Clever, and the kids like to spot things.
Each Peach Pear Plum is written by and illustrator by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. throughout out this book, your eyes are playing a little eye spy game. What i thought was cool, is that the author use old nursery rhymes and puts their own twist to it. Their favorite fairytales characters are in this book like Tom Thumb and The Three Bears.
I thought the illustration were different and unique and i think that k-1 graders will enjoy this book. The students will engage and get involved with the student...more
I thought the illustration were different and unique and i think that k-1 graders will enjoy this book. The students will engage and get involved with the student...more
Each Peach Pear Plum is full of beautiful and detailed illustrations. It is a story which contains simple rhymes of many familiar characters from fairytales with very catchy words. It follows a consistent format, with each page beginning with the character that was spied in the previous page, creates a nice flow to the story. Good for children who have just begun to read as it does not contain many words on each page, a very simple layout. I would use this book in literacy lessons for a Year 1 c...more
I read along to the CD recording narrated by Buffy Allen. I feel the narration and inclusion of music made the reading experience more pleasant. The narration, soothing colors of the illustrations, and rhyming text make for a warm, gentle, fun read. Each page shares a rhyme that encourages the readers to play a game of I SPY with the intention of spotting nursery rhyme and folk tales characters. For instance, Robin Hood, the wicked Witch, Cinderella, Mother Hubbard, Jack and Jill, etc.
This book is one of the best picture books for children. Not only are the pictures beautiful and filled with outstanding detail, the book gives the children the ability to observe and search for the "I spy" that the story tells. The children may not realize it but while in the process of hunting, they are discovering so many details withing the pictures. I also like the idea that they give a small hint before turning to the next page to find the item in search for.
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In the early 1960s, Allan studied teacher training in Sunderland, where he also met Janet, his future wife. He had tackled a wide variety of jobs, ranging from postman to plumber's mate before working as a primary teacher for ten years. Janet, however, discovering that she 'couldn't do the policing job', went on to study graphic design, which led her to her vocation as an illustrator.
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