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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
PreS-Gr 1 Humble green peas provide inspiration in this hilarious, occupation-based romp through the alphabet. Four-inch-high letters on each page serve as an ingenious architectural platform around, above, and inside of which dozens of "pea-ple" swarm in joyful pursuit of myriad types of work. Bouncy, rhyming text introduces the alphabet peas as "acrobats, artists, and astronauts in spa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
You might not know it, but peas provide a terrific blank canvas for creating picture book characters. With the addition of two dots for eyes, a mouth, sproutlike arms and legs, and minimal accessories, a pea can become anything: "We're acrobats, artists, and astronauts in space. / We're builders, bathers, and bikers in a race." Baker goes throu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
"We're acrobats, artists, and astronauts in space. / We're builders, bathers, and bikers in a race." In bouncy rhyming...Log In or Sign Up to Read More