Too Many Pears!

by Jackie French, Bruce Whately (Illustrator)

Pamela the cow loves pears. She loves stewed pears, baked pears, and pear pies with cream. She loves pears for lunch and pears on picnics and she even like to pick pears from trees. Pamela will do just about anything to get pears. But will anyone else ever get to eat a pear again? Certainly not until she has had her fill...and moved on to something else!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Animals, Food, Humor, Fiction

32 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Jackie is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator and the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors, and writes across all genres - from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction. In her capacity as Australian Children’s Laureate, ‘Share a Story’ will be the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term.

Reviews

[*❆ Kαɾҽɳ ❆* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this, thought it was funny and a great way to get some people from eating your favourite food! XD

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

What do you do with a cow who LOVES pears, and won't stop eating them?

A cute, fruit-filled story with adorable illustrations by Bruce Whatley.

[Louise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pamela, it must be said is a Greedy Cow. She just loves pears. Noone else can get any pears because Pamela eats all the pears. Until one day, she eats Too Many Pears, 600 pears. The look on her face is priceless. I think we've all eaten the equivalent of 600 pears!

[Sean Harding · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another humorous little picture book from the teaming of French and Whatley, involving a cow and her love for pears. What more could you want? French continues to intrigue with her wide range of stories.

[Andrea Haas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story time themes: food, eating, sharing, farms, orchard, apples, animals, farm animals, cows.

[Karyn The Pirate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pamela likes pears. She likes green pears, red pears and stewed pears with ice cream. But with Pamela liking pears so much, nobody else on the farm gets any pears. (Did I mention Pamela is a cow?) What can Amy do to get Pamela to stop eating all the pears?
This is a very, very funny book! Pamela is an enormous black and white cow, very reminiscent of illustrations in Sandra Boyton's books. This book is a wonderful way to relate to children the results of over-indulgence and the benefits of moderation. Although, I am not sure Pamela truly has learned that lesson.
I would recommend this book for children 3 - 7.

[DelGal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cow who has an obsession with eating pears, and a little girl who needs to figure out how to stop the cow from eating all the pears - what a funny story with great illustrations. This may even entice children to eat their fruit, with all the pears in this book!

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have a thing for cartoon cows, which is why this book caught my attention. Prek-1 will enjoy this story about a cow named Pamela, who loves pears a little too much. Look forward to including this in a storytime!

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

great storytime book

[Susan Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful "how to" book in a funny way. It is a great book to talk about author's style, illustrations, and purpose.

[Tessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the author of the Diary of a Wombat books and we loved it! This cow is hilarious - Whatley's illustrations will have you rolling.

[Viviane Elbee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book for fans of cows, pears, farm tales and wombats.

5 stars for this funny story - the kids and I laughed at all the ways the cow found to get her mouth on pears. And we were delighted to find a wombat in the story.

We are big fans of Jackie French and the wombat illustrations by Bruce Whatley in her Diary of a wombat book.

However we didn’t like the illustrations in this book as much as the illustrations in the wombat book, even though it is the same illustrator (Bruce Whatley). The cow and the people just aren’t as appealing. As one child said « that cow on the cover has nightmarish eyes. » For the most part the expressions on the faces of the people and animals are still pretty funny. Also the picture of the spread of pears and the tree are fine.

Overall, this is an enjoyable read. One child wanted an immediate re-read. It’s short enough for quick reads, and appropriate for toddlers, preschoolers and young elementary students.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charming! This book is about Pamela, a cow, who LOVES pears. The situation is out of control so Amy, her young owner, decides to solve the problem by offering Pamela as many pears as she could possibly want. (This is along the lines of the theory that if you overdose on something you will get over your craving for it.) Poor Pamela gets very sick. And, yes, she is done with pears but onto something else perhaps? Hilarious. (This book is written in both English and Spanish.)

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cow just loves pears! The family try everything they can think of to keep her away from their pear tree but nothing works until one of the children give her all the pears she can eat at once... then she feels sick and doesn't want to look at another pear.

A nice picture book to spark conversations about problem solving and having too much of a good thing.

[Sean Benson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I saw this on display and was so confused about a book with pears and a very worried looking cow.
I decided to have a look and saw it was a quick read so read it.

A VERY funny book about how too much of a good thing can be bad.

The last page made me laugh out loud

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious read for a food/ eating storytime

[Casandria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ST book about a cow who is obsessed with pears!

[H Li · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the ending

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything in moderation!

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up for the picture of Pamela crawling through a wombat hole, and for the expression on the wombat's face.

[Joan Arbogast · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over exageration adds to the humor of the tale.

[Aidan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a funny book, pear, pears, ooh more pears!

[Lara Bate · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book about a cow who eats too many pears. In the end he stops eating pears and starts eating apples instead!

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny and a wombat makes a cameo appearance.


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[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks Kim!

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing to write home about, but it was okay!

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this with a friend's kiddo and it's super cute! I think it would be a great length for storytime, especially one that is fruit or food themed.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

We read this to our SPED kids. The love the silliness and illustrations. it's a good book to ask WH questions and discuss likes and dislikes.

[Isabel Sylvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite childhood books! Absolutely adore it and the illustrations 🍐🐄