ORANGE PEAR APPLE BEAR by Emily Gravett

This story plays primarily with the same four words over and over. Throughout the story, we see individual pictures of an orange, a pear, an apple, and a bear. Then we see variations on these, such as an orange-colored pear, an orange-colored bear, and even a green pear-shaped bear. The book concludes with the bear eating each of the pieces of fruit, and the last page reads “There!”, so the book consists of just five total words.

This is a great way to introduce little ones to rhyming, adjectives, and fruits. I like the simple, friendly-looking illustrations. There is just white space behind each page’s focal point, so children will not be easily distracted by the page background. I would highly recommend this book to parents and teachers of preschool-aged children.