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Iggy Peck, Architect
(Questioneers Picture Books)
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A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing
Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.
Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re ...more
Meet Iggy Peck—creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon’s No, David and Rosemary Wells’s Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent, inspired fun.
Iggy has one passion: building. His parents are proud of his fabulous creations, though they’re ...more
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It was pretty clear right from the start that Iggy Peck wasn't your normal toddler. No, by age two he'd discovered how to construct towers out of diapers (interesting, if not particularly sanitary). By three he used fruit to create his constructions, and by the time he hit the second grade he was getting more and more creative. That's when he got into Ms. Greer's class. Ms. Greer had once suffered an unfortunate incident in a very tall building, and the result is that she felt from there on in
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This book is that Flowers are Red song but with a budding/bloomed architect instead of a painter. I would argue that his final construction project is more structural engineering than architecture, but quibbling hairsplits doesn't matter. Sweet story. A gift from a sweet person.
Outstanding!!! This gem is full of charm, humor, warmth, creativity and tenacity. Iggy Peck is a born architect--one of those lucky few who knows absolutely what he wants to do with his life and decides to do it in every way he can--starting by using his diapers to build a skyscraper! His parents encourage his creativity and talent, but when Iggy gets to second grade his teacher puts a damper on both. Because SHE does not like tall buildings (she had an unfortunate experience as a child!) no one
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Apr 17, 2015
Carmen
rated it
really liked it
Recommends it for:
Kids; Parents
Recommended to Carmen by:
Book Store
When Iggy was three, his parents could see
his unusual passion would stay.
He built churches and chapels from peaches and apples
and temples from modeling clay.
I liked this better than Rosie Revere, Engineer. Iggy is a small boy who is an architectural genius. But what happens when he gets to the 2nd grade and comes face-to-face with a teacher who has a deep-seated fear of architecture rooted in her childhood?
Fun, innovative, with great illustrations and a positive message.
NOTES:
Graph paper end ...more
his unusual passion would stay.
He built churches and chapels from peaches and apples
and temples from modeling clay.
I liked this better than Rosie Revere, Engineer. Iggy is a small boy who is an architectural genius. But what happens when he gets to the 2nd grade and comes face-to-face with a teacher who has a deep-seated fear of architecture rooted in her childhood?
Fun, innovative, with great illustrations and a positive message.
NOTES:
Graph paper end ...more
I'm going to have to disagree with the majority of online reviewers on this one - I've looked on various sites, and it seems that everybody loves Iggy Peck! - because I found this picture-book celebration of "creativity!" and "marching to the beat of one's own drum" (the two themes most frequently singled out for praise, as far as I can make out), rather poorly done. A rhyming tale about young Iggy Peck, who liked to build things, and his conflict with his stodgy second-grade teacher, Miss Lila
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Really cute story with some wonderful illustrations. Not exactly one I would read in story time at the library as there are some parts where the text is rather long, but this one would be perfect for some one-on-one reading with the little builder in your life. A great story about not giving up and doing the things you love.
May 18, 2009
Ann
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Parents, teachers - anyone with children in their life!
Recommended to Ann by:
Katie!!
Shelves:
childrens-stories,
picture-books
What a refreshing story! The basic premise is a rhyming tale about young Iggy Peck who wants to be and Architect. From a toddler he starts building all sorts of things out of highly unusual materials. But when Iggy gets to second grade ends up with a teacher who's afraid of tall buildings. Consequently he's told that architecture in second grade is out of the question. With Iggy's passion removed, school suddenly becomes dull and uninteresting. However, of course, there is a grand chance for
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This is probably the weakest book in the series I've read so far. I wasn't thrilled with the story (although the kid building stuff out his his dirty diapers was an amusing feat). I don't like seeing female characters fainting; it just perpetuates old stereotypes. And the meter in this one, for whatever reason, was clumsy. It was really a stretch in places, and it would be a bit difficult to read aloud.
Quotable moment:
Quotable moment:
"Good Gracious, Ignacious!" his mother exclaimed....more
"That's the coolest thing
Had to complete the series while I was in a Hoopla binge. Not my favorite of the series, this one was more a they saved the day with their talent, instead of just encouraging them to explore more, so I think it muddled the message just a bit, but still good...even though I’m partial to the other two more.
Nov 07, 2017
Melki
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really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
kidstuff,
architecture
Young Iggy has a penchant for architecture, and likes nothing more than making elaborate structures using whatever is handy - dirt clods, fresh fruit, chalk, dirty diapers . . . Cute story with fun illustrations.
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by David Roberts is the quirky story of a young boy for whom building is a passion, and his teacher who dislikes architecture.
Iggy Peck starts creating buildings at two, starting with a smelly diaper tower, and a cat-inspired Sphinx of dirt clods. Iggy built churches, chapels, and temples from peaches, apples and clay. In 2nd grade his teacher Miss Greer made it clear she didn't like building, based on a childhood trauma. Iggy is deflated until, ...more
Iggy Peck starts creating buildings at two, starting with a smelly diaper tower, and a cat-inspired Sphinx of dirt clods. Iggy built churches, chapels, and temples from peaches, apples and clay. In 2nd grade his teacher Miss Greer made it clear she didn't like building, based on a childhood trauma. Iggy is deflated until, ...more
There's a lady with a beehive hairdo and a beauty spot on the cover of this book - a sure-fire signifier of "quirky," perhaps even "offbeat". And let me tell you, it ain't just the illustrations! (although now I'm craving Iggy's mom's Pucci-esque caftans and Twiggy A-lines) The story is fun and the wordplay is quirky in this book about a second-grade engineering prodigy.
"Young Iggy Peck is an architect
and has been since he was two,
when he built a great tower - in only an hour -
with nothing ...more
"Young Iggy Peck is an architect
and has been since he was two,
when he built a great tower - in only an hour -
with nothing ...more
Nov 20, 2011
Dolly
rated it
really liked it
Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
Shelves:
2011,
france-french,
italy,
childrens,
education-school,
canada,
picture-book-club,
pets,
rhyming,
other-usa
This is a hilarious and whimsical look at a child prodigy who is in turn encouraged and discouraged from pursuing his passion for building buildings and other structures. The rhythmic and rhyming narrative is very entertaining and the illustrations are fabulous. It's a terrific book to read aloud and we really enjoyed reading this story together.
This book was featured as one of the selections for the November 2011 Inventors-themed reads for the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group ...more
This book was featured as one of the selections for the November 2011 Inventors-themed reads for the Picture-Book Club in the Children's Books Group ...more
3* art
5* story/rhyme
"Good gracious, Ignacious!" You've got to love a book with a line like that in it. Like her other books, this one is about a child who is different, feels misunderstood, but who is full of ideas and plans, and continues on with them in spite of everything. So positive and humorous. I highly recommend.
5* story/rhyme
"Good gracious, Ignacious!" You've got to love a book with a line like that in it. Like her other books, this one is about a child who is different, feels misunderstood, but who is full of ideas and plans, and continues on with them in spite of everything. So positive and humorous. I highly recommend.
Pursue your dreams
A beautifully illustrated tale with an empowering message to never give up on you dreams and keep pursuing your passions. A MUST read for children of all ages!
A beautifully illustrated tale with an empowering message to never give up on you dreams and keep pursuing your passions. A MUST read for children of all ages!
I hadn't read this book in years and forgot how fun it is to read aloud. Great rhymes, beautiful illustrations, inspirational story for the kids and fun stuff for the adults.
The illustrations far surpass the text - my children enjoyed the book with me, because we talk about the pictures, but it's not one they pick up on their own.
It's definitely worth reading from the library, and the message about creativity at school is timely as more and more schools (ours included) seem to become very boilerplate, but there was some essential spark that I wasn't finding.
Maybe it's just the gray weather as I write this - or maybe it's the fact that even a small child can ...more
It's definitely worth reading from the library, and the message about creativity at school is timely as more and more schools (ours included) seem to become very boilerplate, but there was some essential spark that I wasn't finding.
Maybe it's just the gray weather as I write this - or maybe it's the fact that even a small child can ...more
Iggy Peck is an unusual child who has a passion for design and architecture from a young age. He builds his first building from nappies and glue when he is two years old and continues building fantastic buildings until he gets to Grade 2. Miss Lila Greer, his second grade teacher is not keen on architecture and states it has 'no place in grade two'. Iggy is downhearted and the 12 days which follow are 'a haze of reading, writing and arithmetic'. Whilst on a class trip, disaster strikes when a
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The book “Iggy Peck Architect” is about a boy named Iggy Peck that loves to build and wants to be an architect. It is also about about how he makes buildings and structures out of school supplies, edible stuff, other random stuff he finds. He has a difficult time doing what he love because his teacher doesn’t like buildings. at the end Iggy and his class go on a field trip and they get stuck on a hill because the bridge brook so Iggy helps out to build a bridge. The class gets to the other
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Clever, fantastic illustrations, and quite hilarious. My one quibble is that, before I even opened the book, my daughter asked what an architect was. My son correctly answered that it is a person who designs buildings, not the person who builds them. We then open the book to find Iggy Peck, Architect/Builder. In spite of that, lines like "Good gracious Ignacious!" are enough to make up for that semantic error.
Iggy loves to design and build structures, but he is discouraged by his teacher. Apparently his teacher got lost in a tall building in second grade. (My son thought it was funny that she was found eating cheese with a circus troupe.) Of course, Iggy proves that architecture is a GOOD thing.
Fantastic art. Cool story.
note to self & those interested (Teale!): altho Iggy & his teacher are white, his class is presented as very diverse!
Sending to my nephew for his birthday.
note to self & those interested (Teale!): altho Iggy & his teacher are white, his class is presented as very diverse!
Sending to my nephew for his birthday.
Three point five. The story was a little scattered here and there, but I liked that the kill-joy teacher learns a lesson in the end.
My new favorite children's book. This book is about letting a child be a child and use their imagination to build and create.
Of the three books so far in this children's series by Andrea Beaty, this is the strongest and my favorite. The messaging makes it tops in that the main character, Iggy, is not made to be the main, lone hero, rather it is the way in which his gifts work through his whole class to become heroic and the story-changer. Superb and very refreshing messaging here for a children's book that is not in typical pattern of other popular story books. The rhyming is cute with creative and humorous ideas for
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Technically this one was read To me, but Ima count it. It's just as cute as Ada Twist, Scientist. Same concept, same story set up even. Kid is awesome, parents are unsure, kid gets more curious- kid goes to school a thing happens, they have to sit alone and think- kid prevails and it's wonderful!
I don't mind the pattern, now that I know it's a pattern at least. I still love the concept and the story itself, which earns it its three stars.
I don't mind the pattern, now that I know it's a pattern at least. I still love the concept and the story itself, which earns it its three stars.
This book didn’t really capture me as much as I thought it may do.
I think the illustrations are really well done, allowing the children to infer more about the story than they are told.
I would also use this in DT for children to have a go at junk modelling.
Rhyme is used well in this book to create the pace.
I think the illustrations are really well done, allowing the children to infer more about the story than they are told.
I would also use this in DT for children to have a go at junk modelling.
Rhyme is used well in this book to create the pace.
This book along with Ada Twist, scientist and Rosie Reveer, engineer are some of the cutest children’s books. The kids in all three books are in the same class and my son loves seeing the same kids in all the stories! We adore rhyming books and all three of these talk about following your interests and dreams.
Iggy Peck will definitely be visiting my house again in a few years when my toddler is ready for the budding architect. A fun rhyming book, about following your passion, and embracing your talents - for you never know when they will be called on.
Wonderful illustrations and rhymes!
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Also, visit www.Questioneers.com for posters, activities, educator resources, and other information about the Questioneer books.
Further, check out Story Time From Space to see Ada Twist and Rosie Revere read at the International Space Station by astronauts! It’s out of this world.
https://storytimefromspace.com/ada-tw...
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