Peepo!

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There's a reason this book is still popular, especially with younger readers and their teachers, despite recently celebrating its 40th anniversary. So while his Mother is concentrating hard on cleaning, he is aware of numerous events and objects around him catching his attention.

As ever with the Ahlbergs the story is witty and the illustrations and format of the book are not simple or boring. Most young children will be able to relate to a character, or relate a family member to a character the book has portrayed. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM and THE JOLLY POSTMAN - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. He has published over 100 children's books and, with his late wife Janet, created such award winning picture books as Each Pear Plum and The Jolly Postman - both winners of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

If you look carefully at the illustrations of this book, you can pick the WWII theme, which gives the book a time and setting. You couldn't ask for a more colourful snapshot of daily life in the past with which to compare homes and lives today.

By contrast, Judith Sharman, in Books for Keeps, was pleased to have "such a good book in a more durable format". The book is from the perspective of a little baby boy and will appeal to babies due to the asthetics of the book, with the cut out hole to the next page - perfect for chubby little hands to hold, through to older children and adults, as when you turn the page the fantastic illustrations depict WW2 scenes of family life.This book contains a hole in the middle of the page so the audience can only see a small part of what the boy is seeing until we turn the page.

Peepo is a book about a baby who is very observant of his surroundings, he picks out specific details of what he sees and encounters in his daily life. Readers get the sense that everything in the Peepo house has a purpose and is loved by its family, with nothing carelessly thrown away. At first glance, the book is simply an interactive story about a loving family; however, the background details reveal a darker side to the story.While the rhyming in this book is lovely, and the pictures are sweet, the story and characters are very gender stereotyped. Some reviewers, such as the staff of Horn Book, said the board book format diminished the appeal of the illustrations. It's a fabulous starter for students exploring British homes, work and family life in the last century. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work.

This book is an enjoyable read for children in Foundation Stage but once the book is looked at in more details there are plenty of opportunities for book talk, regardless of age, which add to the story and meaning. The most obvious interactive feature that would appeal to babies (6 months and up) is the cutout hole on each page which shows a baby’s view of his world, which focuses on his parents, sisters and grandmother. This is a great picture book for Early Years Foundation Stage, giving teacher's the opportunity to introduce the early Historical concept of old and new. While the Booklist review on the back of this book recommends it as a first book for babies, it is interesting enough on different levels that it can grow with your child until he or she is an early reader.

The book has a very clever ‘peep hole’ cut out on each page, where he audience can only see a small part of the setting. The loving atmosphere in which the baby lives gives the book a warm feeling, but it is neither simplistic nor sappy. It’s rhyme is catchy and it has so much detail in the artwork that it could easily become a game to find different images in it. She won the 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British Library Association - an award recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - for Each Peach Pear Plum. Baby’s schedule would still be about the same now, and his family certainly isn’t all that different from ours, which makes the story timeless.