I usually write about a reference type of book on Sundays I felt that I couldn't make it work for today's book. Part of me thought that because it is about a seed and how it plants itself and grows into something wonderful, it could fit within a nonfiction parameter....but I couldn't even make myself believe that. I do think it is a really sweet book that should be recommended.
the little pea by Eric Battut and translated by Sophie Pouze is the story of a little pea who thinks it can be anything it wants to be. Even when he is laughed at by his friends he believes in himself. I love the illustrations ----simple but powerful. I love how it reads, sometimes translated stories losing something in translation but Ms Pouze does a marvelous job that, I think conveys the author's message clearly. This is a great book to read at story time at bedtime. It subtly shows a child that it is OK to be different even if others don't agree. A great little gem of a book that will be read again and again.
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