The Perfect Percival Priggs
by Julie-Anne Graham
32 pages; ages 3 & up
Running Press Kids, 2015
Theme: family life
Opening: Percival Priggs was perfect. His parents were
perfect. His grandparents were perfect. Even his pets were perfect.
The problem, though, is that being perfect is quite
exhausting! And Percy is afraid that his parents won’t love him if he isn’t
perfect.
What I like about this book: Percival tries to do too many things
at once, and multi-tasking doesn’t aid perfection. In fact, he makes a slight
miscalculation … causing his rocket launch to be anything BUT perfect. But
instead of yelling at him, his parents laugh because they, too, have tried things
that didn’t work out so well.
Beyond the book:
Think about a time when you tried something and failed at it. Draw or write
about that attempt. What do you think about it now?
Some inventions came about by accident: popsicles, potato
chips, post-it notes, and play-doh (it was intended to clean wallpaper). You can learn more about them here.
Today is PPBF (perfect picture book Friday), an event in which bloggers share great
picture books at Susanna Leonard Hill's site. She keeps an ever-growing list of
Perfect Picture Books. Review copy provided by the publisher.
Thank you for this recommendation. I hope to find it today.
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