Reviews for Each Peach Pear Plum

The average rating for Each Peach Pear Plum based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-21 00:00:00 Eileen Willems Love of language and literature works best as a daisy chain, down the generations. Some of the best picture books have a similar structure, with repetition, rhyme, and rhythm as cues. This is such a book. First, I read this to my child, pausing before pointing out the next character, who would be hiding in the picture somewhere. Then I would read, but stop before saying the last words on each page, allowing my child to jump in with the next name. "Each Peach Pear Plum, I spy Tom Thumb" "Tom Thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard Mother Hubbard..., I spy..." My child learned to read the book: pretend reading (memory), then properly. The whole book is a daisy chain of names familiar from fairy tales and nursery rhymes, creating a story that includes Robin Hood, Baby Bunting, the Three Bears, a Wicked Witch, and Cinderella. This remains one of a few special books we both know off by heart, more than twenty years later. Pass it on Another daisy chain: it's a book I've given to many friends. They usually say how much they and their child enjoy it. I hope that one day, they and their children will pass it on. Last week, a friend I gave it to more than ten years ago, and who now lives in Australia, sent me a picture of her younger child with the book, saying her kids still love it. A simple gesture that filled me with joy, and flooded a difficult week with happy memories. Thanksgiving life lessons An aunty figure in my youth, had two favourite axioms: "Send postcards to people when they are alive, not flowers when they are dead." and "Great oaks from little acorns grow." My friend sent a virtual postcard. And a love of reading nurtures our acorns into saplings and on to mighty oaks. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US. I am thankful for those who nurtured me, and for the privilege of nurturing others.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-16 00:00:00 James Mawson This lovely children's book is a fun, rhyming hide and seek game featuring favorite characters from storybooks. My child loves turning the pages and looking for WHAT THE BLOODY SHIT, IS THAT BEAR ARMED?! That's not even a grown bear! That bear is a child! Jesus pond-skipping Christ, is he just wandering around in the woods with his safety off? He literally just came within a foot of shooting a baby! Okay - well - look, I guess the baby's okay. I mean...the bearlet shot him out of a tree and he landed in a river, but they fished him out and all's well that ends well? (That's the real plot!) Let's - look, let's try to move on. On each page, a simple rhyming couplet introduces the storybook character who's hiding. (You'll need a Boston accent for Cinderella!) It's great fun to SWEET PONY-RIDING CHRIST IT'S THAT FUCKING UNDERAGE BEAR AGAIN AND HE'S STILL ARMED "Should we teach him about the safety?" "Nah" haha look at the bunnies, the bunnies know what the fuck is up Look, it's a fun book. My kid loves it. But how many armed bears do you want in these woods?