Peepo by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Peepo - Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Pub 2001)

This husband-and-wife team have written several well known children's books.

Peepo is a book about what a baby in the family sees throughout the day.

Set in war time London, it is based on childhood memories of the two authors which give the authentic feel and shows their intricate of that time and place, as illustrated in their very detailed pictures.

Peepo is a peek-a-boo book with a difference. The Ahlbergs have strategically placed "peep-holes" in the pages so the reader sees a small view point of what the baby in the story sees at various points in his day.

Children will love to hear the rhymes of the short verses in the book, and to spy out all the things that the baby is able to spy out also. Peepo, enables children to hear and identify the rhyme and the repetitive words and phrases which encourages them to join in with the recitative. This helps to develop their memory skills also.

This is a great book for children of a wide age group from 2 - 7 as it has much depth to it, form the rhyming verses, to the detailed illustrations, this book is able to grow and develop as the children reading it will grow and develop. This in itself, is a testament to how cleverly written and brilliantly illustrated this book is.

If you have a friend about to have a baby, the gift of this book will be with them for many years as the baby grow into a child. They will love it, and as you read it for the 100th time, you still will too.