Peanut and Pearl's Picnic Adventure: A Picture Book About Friends Who Need Each Other for Kids (Ages 4-8)

by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, R.W. Alley (Illustrator)

Peanut and Pearl have everything they need for a picnic . . . except each other!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2007

About the author

Rebecca is a poet and picture book author of such titles as What is Science? (a 2006 Subaru SB&F prize finalist), and Lemonade Sun (an American Booksellers "Pick of the Lists"). Her work is featured widely in poetry anthologies and textbooks. Rebecca promotes children's poetry, giving presentations and workshops to students, teachers, librarians and writers. She lives in Indiana.

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peanut and Pearl go on a picnic together--except they don't follow each other. When Pearl finally finds Peanut they are amused to discover that both of them were and weren't lost. They laugh it off and spend the rest of the day at one of their houses, planning their next picnic--with two maps! The parallel structures of the story (Peanut likes this and Pearl likes that) will definitely aid learning readers, and the story is cute and funny enough to help them want to read the story.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Typical for the audience, about two friends who are slightly different, who face a challenge, and who reunite with a bond made even stronger. One of the easiest levels, worth picking up if it's at your library and your child is working on early literacy.

[Nathan W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my 4 star book. Review from a 8 year old

[J-Lynn Van Pelt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is part of the I Can Read! series and is classfied at the My First Shared Reading level. There is some repetition that will help with finger pointing for beginning readers, but it is still too complicated for independent reading.

A very simple story-line where two characters go on a picnic, but get separated from each other.

The pictures are in pastels and show traditional cartoon animals dressed in funny clothes.

[Kate Hastings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two friends get lost on the way to their picnic.

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This early reader has 1-2 sentences per page which will be easy for new independent reads. The illustrations are cute and action is quick. A nice ER book.

[Elizabeth S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple story, but not bad. The cute and fun pictures really add to the book and bring it up to to a 3 star level.

[Liz Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute. My favorite book by RK Dotlich.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

picnic, food, friends