Each Peach Pear Plum is a timeless picture book classic from the bestselling illustrator/author team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo! The combination of simple and easy rhymes alongside the I-spy element helped leave a lasting impression on me. Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created such award-winning children's picture books, including Peepo! Tricky for younger readers perhaps, but in my experience they always find plenty of things to point to in the illustrations to ask "what's that? It's easily my first introduction to so many popular fairly tale characters like Cinderella and The Three Bears (and the potential stroytelling of a shared universe?

Next the Wicked Witch is flying over the wood on her broomstick and she spies Robin Hood which is quite easy for her to do for he has fired an arrow at her! 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. Allan and Ahlberg’s text is repetitious, rhyming, and predictable, making it a perfect choice for the emergent reader.

Innovative, funny and moving, his work encompasses storybooks, picture books, easy readers, joke books and novels as well as poems. Each Peach Pear Plum' - the classic picture book by Janet and Allan Ahlberg - is a timeless picture book classic from the bestselling illustrator/author team Janet and Allan Ahlberg, creators of Peepo! This is an absolute classic, and I'd be surprised if there's anyone in English-speaking countries, at least, who hasn't heard of it, read it and loved it. with a more noticeable Mother Hubbard making a second appearance, and an arm with a feather duster gives away Cinders' hiding place; Three Bears with Cinderella still cleaning, this time on the stairs, and the bears are not in the room but can be seen so can you guess where they are? Janet Ahlberg (Author, Illustrator) Janet Ahlberg, along with Allan Ahlberg, created some of the world's most popular picture books, including EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN, both winners of Greenaway Medals, and THE BABY'S CATALOGUE, inspired by their daughter Jessica.

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.It's fun when they have an 'ah-ha' moment either because they recognize the character in this book, or, when they're hearing a verse or tale for the first time, remember that they saw it in this book. In Each Peach Pear Plum, Allan Ahlberg explores the darkest realms of fantasy, describing in ultra-minimalist style the dichotomy between good and evil.