Mr. Peabody's Apples

by Madonna

Book Overview

En este encantador cuento infantil, inspirado en un antiguo relato tradicional de Ucrania, la autora y megaestrella de la m?sica popular, sit?a la acci?n en un peque?o pueblo de los Estados Unidos, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670058831
• ISBN13: 9780670058839
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 3

Customer Reviews

Mentor your loved ones please

The entire collection of books are beautifully crafted with rhythm, visual appeal and constant surprises. The author not only seeks to educate the listener but also the reader. I have found the entire collection a joy to share and an invaluable resource to deal with life’s problems both big and small. They are easy to understand and fun to read and leave you feeling satisfied. If you love your precious ones buy these books read them out loud and talk to your child about how they feel about the experience. I can’t get enough and can’t recommend them highly enough to anyone who wants to mentor their child and add to their emotional repair kit to prepare them for some of life’s inevitable problems. I have never met the author and only bought one book at first now I have as many as I can find. Thank you for reading this review, it was a pleasure to spend the time writing it and hope it helps others to make an informed decision that’s right for them.

A Simply Beautiful Story

Mr. Peabody's Apples tells the story of a beloved teacher whose reputation is ruined by a rumor started when a young boy believes he sees the teacher steal an apple. When the truth comes out, the young boy feels terrible especially when he realizes how difficult it is to take back something once it's been said. Not only is Mr. Peabody's Apples a lesson in choosing one's words carefully but, as in Madonna's first children's book, a lesson in not judging other people because one may not have all the facts the person's situation. The story is easy to read with a sweetness that avoids being sappy. Madonna's no-nonsense storytelling is a delightful departure from the many patronizing stories out there that insult a child's intelligence. Madonna doesn't try to hide the lesson in the story but writes it clearly into the events of the story without sounding preachy.

Mr. Peabody asserts them apples....

Madonna aims her second book at the young man's market, where the main charactor, Mr. Peabody is the local school teacher who also coaches baseball during the weekends.The local boys have so much fun in the little league games that they do not notice the long losing streak they had been having.Then one day, Tommy Tattletale spies Coach Peabody taking a shiney apple and did not observe payment of the fruit.Gossip begins in this wee little town.Next thing you know, the town has turned against Coach Peabody, all due to a misunderstanding.The moral of the story is as old as apple pie: Nobody likes a tattle-tale because tattles can bring a fine, upstanding person to ruin.I liked the goosefeather metaphor; like so many feathers floating in the breeze, it is easier to slander a person than to restore their tainted reputation.Boys will like this tale, and it gets to the point quickly.Lorent Long was commisioned for his beautiful illustrations that help to tell the story....I'm glad Madonna used the baseball analogy --- it's bound to capture young hearts and teach a valuable lesson to boot.

Excellent lesson about the danger of rumors

This book I couldn't wait to read since I loved the English Roses book so much. It came to my house and luckily the girl who introduced us the Madonna's first book was over so I gathered the girls and my 4 year old son and read them the book. It was such a good book and they were so interested in why Mr.Peabody would be stealing apples. Before you know it everybody in Mr. Peabody's town thinks he is a thief! I won't give it away but there's a lesson on why the rumors are so hard to take back once they are out there and how damaging they could be to a person. A lesson well told and well learned (hopefully).

Good Apples

People should really forget it's MADONNA, the superstar singer, who wrote this book. Just read it. Madonna did come across as somewhat an unpolished writer on The English Roses but if Mr. Peabody's apples is anything to go by, Madonna seems to have found a new niche.Beautiful illustrations by Lorent Long adorned the book but these aside, it's really Madonna's adaptation of a 3000-year-old styory told to her by her Kaballah teacher that works. In the ned, Madonna will achieve her goal of getting children to choose what they want to say carefully and not cause other people unhappiness. Words, they often cut like a knife. Madonna has a good storytelling approach, often straight to the point and coherent. Kids will relate most easily together with the pictures.And this book is not only for children but adults alike who are often lost in the tussle of this mad world, so it'll be good something simple but yet so fundamental that few of us actually remember.

IMMACULATE EDITION

Madonna's latest children's book, "Mr. Peabody's Apples," is both charming and refreshing. Madonna brings her unique style in telling the story of a small boy whose hero, his teacher and baseball coach, has seemingly fallen from grace. The childhood disappointment is described with an endearing reminiscent quality without being at all sentimental. The exercise Mr. Peabody gives to his accuser will shake the impulse to ever say a negative word about anyone to its very core. Loren Long's illustrations are exquisite. They remind me of the kind of illustrations I found myself pouring over and imagining about for hours as a child. "Mr. Peabody's Apples" will be appreciated by both children and adults alike for a long time to come. I look forward to the rest of the books in the series.