The Ahlberg penchant for playing with nursery characters (Jeremiah
in the Dark Woods, 1978) has issue this time in a more traditional,
pastoral-pretty nursery book. "Each Peach Pear Plum/ I spy Tom
Thumb," reads the first couplet (of what was originally a
counting-out rhyme), while opposite Tom sits half-hidden in a tree;
"Tom Thumb in the cupboard/ I spy Mother Hubbard" shows him in
plain sight and - look sharp! - only her posterior, looming in the
picture's corner. And so it goes, with a new character named - and
cleverly half-concealed - at each of the openings. Youngsters will
enjoy spying them out and appreciate their comical faces until at
the finale - "Plum Pie in the sun/ I spy. . . EVERYONE!" - they all
spring out from concealment and sit down to a picnic feast. Once
you've seen it, true, there are no surprises but, for the very
young, there's another sort of satisfaction from knowing what's
coming next. (Kirkus Reviews)
In this book, children can spy characters hiding in the pictures. A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that young children can follow the rhymes. It was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1978.
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