The Last Peach by Gus Gordon. PICTURE BOOK. Roaring Brook Press (Macmillan), 2019. $18. 9781626723504
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Two bugs find the most beautiful peach they have ever seen and proceed to debate whether or not they should eat it. They deliberate for a long time, until they finally decide to not eat the peach. As they walk away we can see that the peach was really the sun all along.
Everything about this book is gorgeous. The end pages are life-like illustrations of peaches and the illustrations in the book are made from paper (with writing) collages. I had predicted a different ending and was delighted to be surprised. This book is certainly better on the first reading than later readings.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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