What Pete Ate from A to Z

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This alphabetical catalog of What Pete Ate is great, goofy fun, and expresses a child's unconditional love for her wayward pet. Maira Kalman's characteristic style will be instantly familiar to those who have read 13 Words (or The New Yorker).

J: "In a jiffy he ate 25 jelly beans and he jumped for joy."

See also: A Busy Creature's Day Eating by Mo Willems

I worry about this dog's bowel movements. An accordion? A ball? Some money and an ice pop? Pete is a cute little mess who eats everything he can, indiscriminately. A cute book filled with alliteration and a real tool to help the kiddos with their alphabet. It's even better if you can relate to it.

Reading this book will make you laugh throughout! As with all of Kalman's books I've read, you notice more details in the art work each time you read it. I've read this one probably a hundred times and it never feels stale. Our family has adopted some of the lingo and refer to parts of the story in general conversations. A fun and refreshing take on the regular ABC books.

In this ABC book, we go through everything Pete, the dog, likes to eat - and it's definitely not what's he's supposed to be eating. This book is humorous to children, as well as adults. It would be great to read to a Kindergarten class who is learning to master the alphabet.

This is a really quirky and creative alphabet book. A child describes objects eaten by her dog, Pete to go along with each letter of the alphabet. Unlike most alphabet books, the readers can get a peak into the life of the narrator and her friends and family.

This book is not suited for beginning readers because of obscure vocabulary and the artistic font. It would be very fun to share though!

Pete really does eat everything from A-Z! In fact, he eats much more than one thing that begins with each letter...and there are many more words on each page that begin with that letter (or that don't) that don't even have anything to do with what he ate! We find out that Roberta Rothschild is the President of the Rubber Band Society and that the Twinkle Twins have a dog named Twinky who does not eat their things...any many other random and silly facts! The ending is cute: it turns out that Pete eats so many ridiculous things because he really just doesn't want to eat his Zug Zug Dog Grub. Who would??

Pete eats everything under his nose, from shoes to yo-yos, homework to money. The only thing Pete will not eat is his Zug Zug Dog Grub.

The book has so many things and objects on each page, it is also very colorful, which i think would be great for elementary students. I thought the book was so funny and Pete reminded me of my own puppy at home. This book would also be great for students who want to learn the alphabet.

As a classroom extension i would bring a puppy from a shelter and teach it manners in front of the students. Have each student write a story about an experience with a pet like Pete. One day for a snack bring crunched up Zug Zug Dog Grub with oreos, peanut butter, and m&m's, etc.