Each Peach Pear Plum

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Summary: Intricate and gorgeous...sure to be a classic!
Review: An "I spy" format drives this poem, where the listener encounters familiar nursery rhyme characters, one after another. Little ones will enjoy finding the approaching nursery rhyme character in each page. A very interactive book, with a classic feel.

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Summary: Delightful illustrations! Great for toddlers & preschoolers.
Review: I disagree with the person who said this book is confusing to 3-year olds. I suspect he was confused as a child because he was not familiar with the characters. The author does assume that the reader is familiar with classic story book and nursery rhyme characters (Tom Thumb, Mother Hubbard, Cinderella, the Three Bears, Baby Bunting, Bo Peep, Jack & Jill, the Wicked Witch, Robin Hood). We've given this book as a gift to several people--everyone has loved it. A classic!

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Summary: My Favorite Book
Review: I hardly ever read as a child but I loved reading Each Peach Pear Plum. This book gives children a chance to use more than just their reading skills. Most children should already be familiar with the characters in the book and with the information they already know about the characters they can expand the story with their imaginations. This book may help them think outside of the book and they may ask questions about why the character might be where they are and why? This book may be very simple but it is a terrific book for young children.

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Summary: Enchanting
Review: I held off buying this book until my twins were over 1 1/2 yrs old, and it paid off, because now they can appreciate the wonderful illustrations and "I spy" game. The illustrations are pleasing and detailed, and the little story is fun. My children always pull it out of the pile and sit together through the whole story, something they won't do with all books. A great book, highly recommend.

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Summary: A Must-have
Review: My 18 month old has loved this book for the past six months. The melody of the words makes reading out loud a pleasure. The detailed pictures allows every reading experience to be different by pointing to new things. This book is just the best!

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Summary: Excellent book. A must for any family.
Review: My son LOVES this book. He started reading it at 12 months and at 16 months it is still the favorite. It is good in so many ways. It has great text that rhymes. It has the sweetest pictures with incredible detail. You can look and look and look at the pictures and find more things and more little substory-lines going on in the back ground. Really really well made.
It is a treasure.

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Summary: Who can you spy.......? - 'Each Peach Pear Plum.'
Review: This is a book that I was first introduced to during an English lesson during my PGCE course. After just one reading I have had to go out and buy my very own copy.

I was in awe of the magical combination of rhyme and illustration.

The rhyming text is based aroung a game of 'I spy'. There is a lot of rhyme and repition which is very appealing to young children.

The book is cleverly crafted to incorporate many well known fairytale and nursery rhyme characters and your job as the reader is to spot them!

The Rhymed verses give youngsters clues about who they can look for in each beautiful picture.

The book is a wonderful way to introduce children to the world of rhyme and with a second reading the children will be joining in with you.

As a basis for classroom work it could be used in many different ways. The children could be encouraged to create their own 'I spy' stories with hidden characters to fool the reader.

'Each Peach Pear Plum' is an excellent example of the joys of picture books, it is simple and fun yet intricate and detailed.

I challenge you to be unswayed by its charms.

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Summary: enchanting!
Review: This is sort of like the child's story book version of the Broadway musical "Into the Woods." ...there's Jack and Jill, Cinderella, Mother Hubbard, Baby Bunting, the Three Bears...and more. Each illustration combines the person "you spy" with a hint at the next scene on the next page. It's absolutely charming on all levels. My two year old loves it, and yet it's one that I--at 29 years old--don't mind reading to her three times in a row. The rhymes and scenes make perfect segues into the rhymes and scenes on the next page. Worth every dollar spent. Even if your kids are very young, you'll probably end up saving this one for your grandkids to enjoy.

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Summary: A sweet book that is one of my son's favorites
Review: Two and one-half year old Matthew fell in lovewith this book the first time his mom and dadread it to him and has now heard it at least 200 times since.

With an "I Spy" format, this delightfully illustrated book brings together many of the characters familiar to us all from nusery rhymes with a humor hidden in the illustrations that adults can appreciate. We visit Mother Hubbard's house where Tom Thumb hides in her cupboard and see "Bo-Peep up the hill" at the well where Jack and Jill have just been fetching their pail of water. It is written in a a simple rhyming format perfect for preschoolers and Matthew proudly memorized it all after the first several readings.

However, the illustrations are what make this book outstanding. Each picture is so chock full of details that readers are able to spot something new everytime they read this book. (Very helpful to parents who know that they will be reading their children's favorites over and over again!)