Peck, Peck, Peck by Lucy Cousins- ADVISABLE

Cousins, Lucy Peck, Peck, Peck. PICTURE BOOK. Candlewick Press, 2013. $15.99.  Little Woodpecker is old enough to learn to peck.  His father first teaches him to peck a tree.  He has such great success that Little Woodpecker exclaims, “Oh, look, yippee!  I’ve pecked a hole right through this tree!”  His father proudly tells him to fly around the yard and continue to practice.  I great rhyming fashion, Cousins creatively and artistically sends Little Woodpecker pecking holes in fences, doors, then into a house where he continues to peck through anything and everything he sees!  From tennis rackets to teddy bears, nothing is spared. The pages in the book are made from thick cardstock and each item that Little Woodpecker pecks through becomes a die- cut hole in each page.  The illustrations are bold and bright. Little fingers will delight in poking through each page in this cute adventure.  Pre-K.  EL (K-3) ADVISABLE. Reviewer: SL.