I stumbled across the book "Each Peach Pear Plum" totally by accident one day whilst shopping. I am a huge fan of books for children and so I picked up a copy for my son. The copy we have is a board book type and cost £4.99. You can purchase it online at Amazon for a similar sort of price. The book that I have was published by Puffin books and was first publishes in 1978! That is 32 years old! I just find that totally amazing to be honest. This book can be definitely classed as a classic as I think it will continue to be popular for many more years. The book is written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. On the front cover you will notice ...  Read the complete review

We were bought this book as a gift when my daughter was born 4 and a half years ago and it has been in almost constant use ever since. Each Peach Pear Plum was first published in 1978, but it is a classic and hasn't aged at all. The text is rhyming and the story is like a game of I-Spy. It begins.. "Each Peach Pear Plum I spy Tom Thumb" and on every page there is another familar character to spy, like Cinderella, Baby Bunting, Robin Hood, the Three Bears, the Wicked Witch, Jack & Jill and Bo Peep. Children love trying to find the characters cleverly hidden in the drawings on each page. The illustrations are lovely pastel drawings, which sets ...  Read the complete review

This is an absolute classic of a book. Written & Illustrated by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, this is a game of I spy built around popular nursery rhyme, fairy tale & folk lore characters including Mother Hubbard, The Three Bears and Baby Bunting. Each page has a two line rhyme and the opposite page has one of the characters hidden in the illustration for you to find. The rhyming is wonderful and flows easily. My daughter is nearly three and can recite the whole book by heart, due to the simple repetitive nature of the rhymes and the attractive nature of the illustrations. (And the fact that we have read it again and again and again.) Each page leads ...  Read the complete review

Each Peach Pear Plum came home in my daughters bookbag this Easter holiday so we're getting to read it every night. To be honest on initial sight of this book I wasnt wowed. It looked dated and I wasnt sure that I was going to enjoy reading it.On closer inspection it perhaps gives this first impression as it was actually first published in 1978! Each Peach Pear Plum is written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.Allan was born in Croydon in 1938 and grew up near Birmingham. From the age of twelve, his dream was to be a writer but before turning to this he tried his hand at a variety of jobs including postman, grave digger, plumber's mate and teacher. Janet Hall ...  Read the complete review

Each, Peach, Pear Plum is one of the most unusual books for children that I have come across. But that's to be expected from this fairly well known author of childrens books, Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg. Husband and wife, meeting at the same course Sunderland to train as teachers, both went on to be a brilliant authors for childrens books. Allan tended to the writing as well as being a full time teacher and Janet turning her back on teaching to be a graphic designer illustrated. There has been no looking back for the Ahlberg's since there first book " The old joke book" was published by Penguin back in 1978 and I can honestly say I'm not ..  Read the complete review