Greetings from Kiwi and Pear

by Joyce Wan

Kiwi and Pear are a pair of monkeys who do everything together, and now they're off on a trip around the world. They travel to every continent, visiting penguins in Antarctica and llamas in Peru, snapping photos of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the pyramids at Giza, snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and touring the Taj Mahal in India. The rhyming text and sweet illustrations are presented on gatefold pages, and at the back of the book is a map where readers can follow Kiwi and Pear's adventures by putting a sticker on each country they visit.

Genres: Travel, Picture Books

36 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2009

About the author

Award-winning author-illustrator, Joyce Wan, designed a greeting card when she was in first grade for a city-wide greeting card design contest. The design won first place and was subsequently sold through a major department store. Twenty years later, that design would inspire her to launch her own design studio called Wanart where she was creating greeting cards again. These greeting cards led her to children's book publishing after meeting an art director at a trade show. Her first book GREETINGS FROM KIWI AND PEAR was published in 2009. Since then she has published over 2 dozen books for children including the best-selling YOU ARE MY CUPCAKE. Her books have now sold a total of over one million copies worldwide.

Joyce is the recipient of the Mills-Tannenbaum Award for Children's Literacy from Reach Out and Read of Greater New York which recognizes children’s book authors dedicated to promoting a lifelong love of reading in young children.

Joyce is originally from Massachusetts and currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and daughter. She hopes to spread joy through all her work and inspire people to embrace the spirit of childhood and follow their dreams.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is such a sweet book! It takes Kiwi and Pear around the world, along with the reader.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two monkeys travel the globe in this colorful book. Each location they visit has a page that opens up to twice the size of the book. Well done.

The book isn't much, but it is attractive. Many famous locations (Great wall, Tower of London, etc.) are presented.

[Peacegal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dangit, this is too cute. Imagine a combination of Paul Frank and Hello Kitty.