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Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. While Ahlberg can now articulate the ingredients of a successful picture book, it never occurred to him and Janet that Peepo!
They were too busy getting on with producing the next one; firing off ideas and scribbling roughs for the variety of books for which they are now well known. There is, he claims, no blueprint. But books are made up like sandcastles: you add stuff and knock it down and change it — and, in fact, you didn't even know you were building a castle at first, you thought you were building a garage.
Or you were going to have a cave and instead it turned into a garden full of shells. His father was a labourer who worked long hours, his mother a cleaner and, by today's standards, his upbringing was tough.
While he now believes that he was "dead lucky" to have been adopted at all on the grounds that "almost any child is better off being adopted by the most ordinary, even harsh, family than being in the most well-ordered and loving of institutions" , at the time the discovery only increased Ahlberg's feeling of being "a cuckoo in the nest".
He confesses to acting like a "rather snobby intellectual" around his family as a teenager: "My mum and dad and brother would be watching What's My Line?
Growing up in a house with few books, he joined three libraries so that he could have a dozen books out at a time. But although he dreamed of being a writer, "I couldn't complete a sentence, let alone a page. I remember as a young man reading Brideshead Revisited and thinking: 'Christ, I can't be a writer because it's full of descriptions of trees and flowers, and I don't know the names of any.
He doesn't remember many trees or flowers in Oldbury, by the sound of it. Yet it has its hooks in the writer — half the books he has written, from Peepo! He "scraped" into the local grammar school but left at 17 with a couple of science A-levels. A job assisting a research chemist at Fort Dunlop left him determined not to wear a suit and have a career in an office. He was 22 and working as a grave-digger when he had what he calls his second big stroke of luck.
The head of Oldbury's parks and cemeteries, a somewhat paternalistic "officer class" boss who had been a squadron leader in the RAF and still treated all his employees as "his men", discovered that the quiet young man he employed to dig graves had left school with some A-levels. I was very shy — I found it embarrassing to buy a bus ticket. But he got me to put my suit on and have a wash and a clean-up, and he took me to one or two schools, just to visit, just to get the feel of it.
It was great: in those days you could go into a school and effectively be a teacher with no qualifications at all. Ahlberg discovered he was a natural. And not only did he love teaching, but it led to the third big stroke of luck in his life, when he went to a teacher-training college in Sunderland and met his wife-to-be, Janet. They married in , after which a few years passed during which he was still teaching and she was getting steadily fed-up with working on non-fiction craft books about how to make things out of yoghurt pots.
Then one day, she asked him to write a book for her to illustrate. Publishers weren't quite so quick on the uptake, and at first the rejection slips piled up. Still, the pair didn't give up, and kept sending out their stories and pictures. Each Peach Pear Plum , which won Janet the Kate Greenaway medal in , came soon afterwards, followed by the birth of their daughter, Jessica, in , which was to prove the source of further inspiration.
Much to her bookish parents' dismay "It really did piss us off for a while," admits Ahlberg only half-jokingly , the toddler Jessica was consistently entranced by the Mothercare catalogue — so the Ahlbergs decided to go one better and create 's The Baby's Catalogue. Following five babies of different ages through the paraphernalia of everyday activities, it was a surprise hit though not to the Ahlbergs.
It could encourage children to loo at the importance of family. I believe it could also help children and adults to see life through differing perspectives.
Excellent book and one that my children never grow tired of, a real bedtime favourite. Known to my kids and I as 'Peepo' this is one of our favourites and there are many contenders in this genre!
Beautiful rhyming story about what a baby can see from various places - his cot, high hair, bath etc. The verse is beautifully written and easy to read and the illustrations so fascinatingly detailed you will find something else to catch your eye every time you open a page. This is an absolute must in any baby's collection! A darling little rhyming book about a day in the life of a baby and his family.
I believe the family is English since some of the words are not in common usage here. I read it to my granddaughter and she loved it as well. Truly lived up to its reviews. Oct 17, Claire Holloway rated it it was amazing. This book tells the story of what a baby around 10 months old sees and does during the day. I really enjoyed this book and there are lots of opportunities for inference in this book. Children can look through the hole in the centre of the page and try to figure out what else the baby can see and what else is happening in the scene, for example what his dad is doing.
This book could also be used with older children, perhaps in year 2 to year 4, to discuss the images When were they set? What ar This book tells the story of what a baby around 10 months old sees and does during the day. What are they Wearing? Do we wear those clothes now? There is more to this story that meets the eye and that children may not notice straight away, which is that as the story progresses the dad is getting dressed in his uniform, perhaps to go back to war after leave; children could also discuss what the dad is doing.
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. Dec 29, Joshua rated it it was amazing. Just great. Jan 06, Les Wilson rated it really liked it. A lovely evening family read. Oct 10, Tahmin Nessa rated it really liked it.
Janet and Allan Ahlberg's story Peepo is based on the perspective of a baby boy. Throughout the day and the story, the baby is watching what is going on around him, for example his dad sleeping, mum cooking, grandma putting out clothes and so on. 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.
Therefore this is great for story time amongst the Early Years and Key Stage One as it promotes children to gu Janet and Allan Ahlberg's story Peepo is based on the perspective of a baby boy. Therefore this is great for story time amongst the Early Years and Key Stage One as it promotes children to guess what else the baby can see, for example 'He sees his sisters skipping'. This is ideal for young children as it encourages their language and communication skills.
Furthermore, the book is very poetic and has a repetitive paragraph, which no doubt young children will grasp straight away. 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.
Reading this with a class and pointing to the old furniture, clothes and food and asking 'Do we think these are items from this time, or the past?
One child even managed to guess that the picture of Winston Churchill hanging on the wall was 'an important man fr 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. One child even managed to guess that the picture of Winston Churchill hanging on the wall was 'an important man from the passed' which was very impressive and enabled us to talk about how we can find out about the past.
Its also a great book for getting the whole class engaged and the repetitive 'Peepo! 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. The book has some interesting illustrations, it also has a circle cut out on every other page of the book were the baby peeks through.
If you look carefully at the illustrations of this book, you can pick the WWII theme, which gives the book a time and setting. Upper KS2 children may use this book during their topic lessons on WWII, they may want 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.
Upper KS2 children may use this book during their topic lessons on WWII, they may want to pick out the importance of family during this time, such as when the dad is bathing the baby and kissing him goodnight. Furthermore, KS1 children may also appreciate the rhyming nature of the book and may want to create their own one during a literacy lesson, which focuses on their lives.
I picked this up at the library last week because I like the Ahlbergs I loved The Jolly Postman as a kid, and discovered Each Peach Pear Plum just before having my own kids and thought my youngest would enjoy it. She did as did the other two , but what made the book most interesting for me was the 's era illustrations, reminding me of the show Call the Midwife , which I've recently become hooked on.
I checked the copyright , so this was definitely done in a purposefully historical st I picked this up at the library last week because I like the Ahlbergs I loved The Jolly Postman as a kid, and discovered Each Peach Pear Plum just before having my own kids and thought my youngest would enjoy it. I checked the copyright , so this was definitely done in a purposefully historical style, and I'd be interested in finding out more of the story behind the story.
Jan 09, Chloe rated it it was amazing Shelves: pgce-picture-books. As ever with the Ahlbergs the story is witty and the illustrations and format of the book are not simple or boring. My nieces who have a 6-month-old brother LOVE it as they imagine him as the baby in the book and try to guess what he is seeing and describe it to me.
Simple to read aloud and follows a pattern that is easy to follow for more novice readers. Highly recommend especically if you've read and enjoyed another Ahlberg book. May 04, Oanh rated it it was ok Shelves: books-before-school.
While the rhyming in this book is lovely, and the pictures are sweet, the story and characters are very gender stereotyped. Mum has curlers in her hair; Grandma irons etc. Baby is too impatient to sit through the full verse and the pages get turned rather quickly, so I edit out the gender-restrictive parts. View 1 comment. I love this story. It was great fun to revisit it via the Kids Book Club today :. Jan 06, Ian Wilson rated it it was amazing Shelves: lucy-s-books , bens-books.
This book is about a baby and what he sees through out his day. There is a cut out on every page that children could look through. The pictures and text seemed super busy to me and there was just a lot going on in this book. Not sure it would hold a young ones interest for to long but I could see lots of possibilities for looking further into the pictures. Peek-A-Boo Published , copyright , Viking, The Penguin Group, isbn A delightful and interactive peek-a-boo book for babies and young children.
The book also hides a deeper message about family love in wartime England. 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 most obvious interactive feature that would appeal to Peek-A-Boo Published , copyright , Viking, The Penguin Group, isbn A delightful and interactive peek-a-boo book for babies and young children.
Turning the page reveals a wider view of each scene of bustling life during WW2 in England, in a cluttered but cozy house strewn with toys and laundry. The many British English words and detailed illustrations of, say, coal ovens and double-decker buses provide plenty of opportunities to develop vocabulary and learn about a way of life that may be unfamiliar to readers.
The loving atmosphere in which the baby lives gives the book a warm feeling, but it is neither simplistic nor sappy.
It seems that the father is actually on leave from the front, and when he kisses the baby goodnight at the end of the story, it is not clear whether he will return.
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