Too Much! Not Enough!

by Gina Perry

Overview

Move over, Bert and Ernie: there's a new odd couple in town! Exuberant Peanut and steadfast Moe are roommates and best friends . . . most of the time.

Peanut is messy. Moe is neat.

Peanut is loud. Moe is quiet.

Peanut always wants more. Moe always wants a little less.

Can these two learn to appreciate their differences?

With bright, bold, eye-catching illustrations and two adorable characters, Gina Perry has created a book that will appeal to all the Peanuts and Moes in the world — whether they think it's too much or not enough!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101919507
Publisher:	Tundra
Publication date:	08/14/2018
Series:	Mo and Peanut
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Once upon a time, GINA PERRY played with little metal cars in her rock-filled driveway, listened to old-time mystery radio theater in her room and built yarn canopies between trees. Now she writes and illustrates books for young readers from her New Hampshire home, where she lives with THREE monsters: her husband, daughter and son.

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR Too Much! Not Enough!:

"Perry’s . . . quirky cartooning and all-dialogue, opposites-driven text should hold the attention of younger readers." —Publishers Weekly

"[W]hat separates this book about differences [is] the mood is upbeat. . . . Good spirits takes the solemnity out of differences." —Kirkus Reviews

“Both the colorful drawings and the short, pithy text show the reader how differences bind and enrich friendships.” —Seattle Book Review

“With bright, bold, eye-catching illustrations and two adorable characters, Gina Perry has created a book that will appeal to all the Peanuts and Moes in the world — whether they think it’s too much or not enough!” —KidLit

From the Publisher

2018-04-16
They could be Felix and Oscar of The Odd Couple, except Perry has made one into what looks like an animated peanut (named, appropriately, Peanut) and the other a tidy refrigerator with Jimmy Durante's beezer.Moe likes things on the controlled, neat side; Peanut likes things in constant motion. "Too much splashing" is met with "not enough puddles." "Too much food" is countered with "Not enough syrup." The two of them go back and forth, one unnerved by the gathering chaos, the other ready to test the limits of chaos theory. But it is rather fun. Moe may be a bit of a neatnik, but the pink-nosed, snaggle-toothed blue monster isn't oppressive about it, and Peanut is never an in-your-face pest—actually Peanut's always looking for the silver lining to turn Moe's grumbles (though Moe rarely, rarely has a grumpy face) into joy: "Too much mess." "Not enough bubbles!" That is what separates this book about differences—the mood is upbeat. Even when Moe blows a fuse and goes out into the night to study the stars (though it is raining) and get away from the mayhem, readers know common ground is not far away and that after Peanut has cleaned the place up—inquiring upon Moe's return if it is "Too much" tidiness—all will be well.Good spirits takes the solemnity out of differences. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews