Too Pickley is a cute children’s bored book. The little boy in the story is a very picky eater. Everything that gets set down in front of him, he finds fault with. I am sure some children and parents can definitely identify with this. Some of the words are silly and made up, which is guaranteed to get a chuckle out of a child. I like that the book rhymes. Books that rhyme usually hold children’s attention longer. The hamster that is with the boy in every illustration makes me laugh. In the end, the boy gives up on being a picky eater and eats everything. I feel bad for his stomach ache later. I recommend this book for children three and older. Cute but I prefer "Too Purpley." I think because I can enjoy a picky dresser better than I can a picky eater. Plus, our copy smells like a skunk got to it, so I could not really get close to it to enjoy looking at the pictures. I'm sure it's great and I will recommend it for the fun of it--just perhaps not the copy I read! Will work in a storytime--perhaps the food one I have coming up. Could be a lot of fun pretending to eat all of those foods and making our "too" faces. I just can't do so with this copy!!I'm also trying to figure out exactly what the child ended up eating at the end. Did my avoidance of the skunk smell make me miss that?7/30/14 Used this as my opener for a Food theme in preschool ST. It went well, but I think that may be because I accidentally had an older crowd (and hardly any of my regulars!) and they were able to pick up when I asked what the boy was eating. I wasn't wrong, I got to the end and still had no clue what he ate, so I asked the kids what they thought he ate. Went well.
What do You think about Too Pickley! (2012)?
I thought it was good until the ending. What, exactly, did he enjoy eating? We are not shown that.
—anastasiia
Miles read this over and over again.
—Marceleighton
