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I Don't Want To Be A Pea! (2012)

by Ann Bonwill(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

144243614X (ISBN13: 9781442436145)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

review 1: This picture book is a sweet & silly story of best friends (hippo and his bird... Or is it a bird and his hippo ☺). The book is a excellent example of friendship and compromise. I enjoyed how all their costume ideas play off their differences in size. I also like the "crisis" page, where instead of showing them angry, the agitation is implied in the orangey footprints all over the pages. The moral of the tale is that sometimes we do things we don't really want to do because we love our friends.Learning experience: Social Emotion Discussion for circle time learning to compromise and valuing friendships
review 2: I'm not sure if this was the intention, but the first thing I thought about this book when I read it is that it reminds me a lot of Elephant and Pi... moreggie books, except wordier. Hugo the Hippo and Bella the bird are going to attend the Hippo-Bird Fairy-Tale Fancy Dress Party and can't decide what costume to wear. Originally they were going as the Princess and Pea, but Bella decided she didn't want to be the Pea and then a huge argument broke out and they leave mad. But then both decide it is not worth it to stay mad at each other and both come as a Pea. Absolutely adorable illustrations, they just needed to get the story a bit more succinct. Recommended for ages 3-6, 3 stars. less

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