Orange Pear Apple Bear

I love the simplicity of this sweet book and would suggest it in board book format. Great play-on-words and darling illustrations.

The illustrations are gorgeous and the text is clever in its minimalism (there are only five words in the whole book, repeated in various orders for different meanings). My favorite thing about this book, though, is how useful it has been for my pre-schooler who is learning to read! When we love a book and read it often, she typically memorizes the words quickly and thereafter doesn't get much practice reading a page word by word. With this book, she knew all the words after just one or two readings, but had to actually read the words on each page to make sure she said them in the right order. It has been a great addition to our home collection, and It's fun to think about how much you can do with a little text and a creative approach.

The illustrations are gorgeous and add so much to this book only containing 5 words (orange, pear, apple, bear, there). I know some people absolutely love this book, and I can see the appeal, but it just honestly doesn't do much for me.