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Each Peach Pear Plum board book Board book – Picture Book, September 1, 1999

by Allan Ahlberg (Author), Janet Ahlberg (Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 4,692 ratings
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Each Peach Pear Plum - the classic picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Each Peach Pear Plum is a timeless picture book classic from the bestselling illustrator/author team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo!. Each beautifully illustrated page encourages young children to interact with the picture to find the next fairy tale and nursery rhyme character. This board book edition is perfect for little hands. In this book With your little eye, Take a look, And play 'I spy' Praise for Each Peach Pear Plum: 'Deceptively simple. Each Peach Pear Plum is a work of genius' Elaine Moss 'This familiar rhyme has been given the brilliant Ahlbreg treatment to which no young child can fail to respond. It's a book which will be read over and over again . . . just perfect!' Child Education 'A charming, pictorial fantasia...a warm, sunny, delectable picture book' Brian Alderson, The Times Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Baby's Catalogue was inspired by their daughter, Jessica. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: Burglar Bill; Cops and Robbers; The Baby's Catalogue; The One and Only Two Heads; Son of a Gun; The Little Worm Book; Two Wheels Two Heads; Funny Bones; A Pair of Sinners; Happy Families; Peepo!; The Ha Ha Bonk Book; Help Your Child to Read; Ten in a Bed; Please mrs Butler; Daisy Chains; Yum Yum; Playmates; Foldaways; Woof; The Cinderella Show; The Jolly Postman; The Jolly Christmas Postman; The Jolly Pocket Postman; The Clothes Horse and Other Stories; The Mighty Slide; Starting School; Heard it in the Playground; The Bear Nobody Wanted; It was a Dark and Stormy Night; The Giant Baby; Baby Sleeps; Blue Buggy; Doll and Teddy; See the Rabbit; Please Mrs Butler; The Better Brown Stories; The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Lexile measure
    NP
  5. Dimensions
    7.56 x 0.62 x 5.94 inches
  6. Publisher
    Viking Books for Young Readers
  7. Publication date
    September 1, 1999
  8. ISBN-10
    067088278X
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0670882786
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Janet & Allan Ahlberg created many acclaimed picture books from 1975 to shortly before Janet's death in 1994. Allan taught before becoming a full-time writer and Janet studied graphic design before becoming an illustrator. EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN won Kate Greenaway Medals and PEEPO! won Parents Magazine's Best Books For Babies Award.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Books for Young Readers; Later Printing edition (September 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Board book ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 067088278X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670882786
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 1 - 3 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NP
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.56 x 0.62 x 5.94 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 4,692 ratings

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Janet Ahlberg (21 October 1944 – 13 November 1994), née Janet Hall, and Allan Ahlberg (born 5 June 1938) were a British married couple who created many children's books, including picture books that regularly appear at the top of "most popular" lists for public libraries. They worked together for 20 years until Janet died of cancer in 1994. Allan wrote the books and Janet illustrated them. Allan Ahlberg has also written dozens of books with other illustrators.

Janet Ahlberg won two Kate Greenaway Medals for illustrating their books and the 1978 winner Each Peach Pear Plum was named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005). In the U.S. it was published by Viking Press in 1979 as Each Peach Pear Plum: an "I Spy" story; the national library catalogue summary explains, "Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play 'I spy' with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters."

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Fun, classic story
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Fun, classic story
The illustrations and simple poem are fun to read when your little one is very young, and as they got older they are able to interact with it and play "I spy" on each page. Fun to have a story that transitions through several stages with your child.
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bardo
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gentle Masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2024
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The text is simple rhyming couplets that make it easy for a child to remember, and introducing them to some nursery-rhyme and fairy tail names they’ll hear later on (Tom Thumb, )The illustrations are wonderful, taking you into a gentle, sunny, imaginary world of make-believe and minor problem-solving. Every child I’ve given this book to has loved it.
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pantherwest
5.0 out of 5 stars A favorite from my childhood
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2024
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My go-to book for baby showers. Finding the fairy tale characters is fun for kids, and the illustrations are beautiful.
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PT 6000
5.0 out of 5 stars Memorable rhyme - lovely book
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
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Each Peach Pear Plum, I spy Tom Thumb. Nice rhyme you'll never forget.
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J. von Zumbusch
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun book - good illustrations and rhymes
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2023
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This is a great book weaving lots of fairy tale and nursery rhyme characters. The illustrations are fun to point things out in, with lots of things for toddlers to observe. Characters and themes appear in multiple pages, giving lots to talk about beyond the text itself (which is also fun to read).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024
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This book in is paperback firm was an all important fixture when my kids were little and when I did daycare. Now they're having kids, so it's time to pass it on.
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Nancy K
5.0 out of 5 stars Love This Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2023
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This was a favorite of my now 40 and 37 year old daughters. It’s always my go-to for new babies. It’s fun to read with beautiful illustrations. My granddaughter babbled her way through every page and became the first book she “read” to us. A must have book for any child’s library!
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Twinmom
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for a baby gift!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
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This was my children’s favorite book and I often give it as a baby gift. It has rhyming and nursery rhymes in it to answer “I spy” types of questions.
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Charles Salmans
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to read to someone not yet old enough to read themselves
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2023
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The charm of this book is that it allows the child to interact, "spying" the main characters on each page.
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Kathleen Brotchie
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite kids' books
Reviewed in Canada on December 4, 2023
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sturdy board construction; great illustrations; engages small readers; bought as a toddler gift
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Camila
5.0 out of 5 stars Calidad excelente
Reviewed in Spain on January 31, 2024
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Para mi bebé de 11 meses, que es bastante brusca, es genial. Los dibujos son bonitos y llamativos sin llegar a ser sobreestimulantes y nos encanta haberlo agregado a nuestra librería.
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Zeel
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely book
Reviewed in India on July 31, 2023
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Nothing to dislike. It's an absolute favourite.
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Alina
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for the little ones
Reviewed in France on August 8, 2022
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Wonderful little story, a true classic but I do find that the quality of the cardboard has somehow gone down hill and don’t really see it surviving too many reads. I do have an older version and even though it has been thru many hands it is still in one piece
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, even for little LITTLE ones!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2023
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 We purchased the board book version of Each Peach Pear Plum for my daughter when she was a few months old. We have loved reading it with her ever since. It has also been remarkable to see how much she has continued to enjoy the book, and how she gets different things from it as she progresses through different stages in her development - she is now almost two!

The illustrations are beautiful - second-to-none in my opinion. The text per page is also brief, which is great for short attention spans, though it is a slightly longer book than some; when my daughter was very little we would need to read it in stages. This quickly changed.

The story centres around lots of different fairy tale, fable and nursery rhyme characters, with again, lovely illustrations of each to boot. It’s a marvellous way to introduce your child to different characters and of course to introduce them to the game of eye spy - a central feature to the book.

It’s a brilliantly interactive book, for all ages. In our family we would initially point out the characters, then as my daughter has got older we would ask her to point out the characters. She now finds them, names them and can name some of the things they’re holding/doing. She really enjoys doing this. There also lots of other things within each picture for your little ones to ‘spy’. You could probably ask older children some good inference questions (I.E. what do you think Robin Hood is trying to do?)

The one slight downside of the board book is it’s quality; the front page isn’t cushioned, like some other board books, and when my daughter has chewed the book in inevitable teething phases, the paper has become slightly damaged - in fact she did end up with some paper in her mouth. Perhaps something to be on the look out for to try and prevent with the little people in your life. Though I personally don’t feel it’s worth missing out on a classic children’s book for this!
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, even for little LITTLE ones!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2023
We purchased the board book version of Each Peach Pear Plum for my daughter when she was a few months old. We have loved reading it with her ever since. It has also been remarkable to see how much she has continued to enjoy the book, and how she gets different things from it as she progresses through different stages in her development - she is now almost two!

The illustrations are beautiful - second-to-none in my opinion. The text per page is also brief, which is great for short attention spans, though it is a slightly longer book than some; when my daughter was very little we would need to read it in stages. This quickly changed.

The story centres around lots of different fairy tale, fable and nursery rhyme characters, with again, lovely illustrations of each to boot. It’s a marvellous way to introduce your child to different characters and of course to introduce them to the game of eye spy - a central feature to the book.

It’s a brilliantly interactive book, for all ages. In our family we would initially point out the characters, then as my daughter has got older we would ask her to point out the characters. She now finds them, names them and can name some of the things they’re holding/doing. She really enjoys doing this. There also lots of other things within each picture for your little ones to ‘spy’. You could probably ask older children some good inference questions (I.E. what do you think Robin Hood is trying to do?)

The one slight downside of the board book is it’s quality; the front page isn’t cushioned, like some other board books, and when my daughter has chewed the book in inevitable teething phases, the paper has become slightly damaged - in fact she did end up with some paper in her mouth. Perhaps something to be on the look out for to try and prevent with the little people in your life. Though I personally don’t feel it’s worth missing out on a classic children’s book for this!
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