Hap-Pea All Year! by Keith Baker

Having conquered the alphabet (LMNO Peas, 2010), 

numbers (1-2-3 Peas, 2012), 

and colors (Little Green Peas: A Big Book of Colors, 2014),

Baker’s goofy spherical seeds return to revel in the seasons and holidays in this book of months.

“Hap-pea January!

Let’s get going. 

Grab your mittens–hooray, it’s snowing!” 

With this jubilant declaration, Baker’s green veggies make merry in a snowy landscape, skiing with abandon, tobogganing by fours, and casting snowballs at one another. In the middle of this jamboree, a giant “January”–its letters colored in cool blues and purples–dominates the double-page spread. One conspicuous pea holding a “1” stands amid all the action. This particular legume acts as a guide of sorts, counting out the months as its round comrades partake in every seasonal change and holiday celebration. Each double-page spread hosts a month, from January to December, with bright and colorful digital artwork. Naturally, the big festive days make an appearance: Valentine’s Day in February, Halloween in October. Baker also includes the end and beginning of the school year (June and September, respectively), casting summer as a joyous paradise. The rhyming text is relaxed and sparse, conjuring up a lighthearted tone that matches the peas’ humorous antics. (A shoutout to LMNO-Peas in June elicits a hearty chuckle.) An infectious, pea-sized romp. (Picture book. 2-8)–Kirkus Reviews “9/1/16 ” 

在征服了字母表(lmnopeas，2010) ，数字(1-2-3 Peas，2012)和颜色(小绿豌豆: 一本色彩的大书，2014)之后，贝克愚蠢的球形种子在这本月份的书中又回到了四季和节日的狂欢中。

“哈比，一月！我们走吧。/带上你的手套——万岁，下雪了!”

随着这一喜庆的宣言，贝克的绿色蔬菜在白雪皑皑的景色中欢快起来，随意滑雪，四人滑雪橇，相互投掷雪球。在这场狂欢的中间，一个巨大的“一月”——它的字母用冷蓝色和紫色的颜色——占据了双页的版面。一颗明显的豌豆举着一个“1”站在所有的行动。这种特殊的豆类作为各种各样的向导，在它的圆形同志参加每个季节变化和节日庆祝活动时计算月份。每个双页的页面从一月份到十二月份每个月提供一个明亮而多彩的数字艺术品。自然，大节日的出现: 情人节在二月，万圣节在十月。贝克还包括学年的结束和开始(分别是六月和九月) ，把夏天描绘成一个快乐的天堂。押韵的文字是轻松和稀疏的，召唤出一个轻松愉快的基调，与豌豆的幽默滑稽的动作相匹配。(六月，当人们对 lmno ー peas 大声喊叫时，他们发出了由衷的笑声。)豌豆大小的有感染力的嬉戏动物。

(图画书。2-8) 

— 柯克斯评论《9/1/16》