Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley by Blabey Aaron

May 5th, 2008

Themes: Friendship, Friends, Relationships, Personality, Difference, People, Self-Belief

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are best of friends, Except they differ in so many ways, while Pearl is outgoing, energetic, vibrant, loud, inquisitive and talks lots Charlie is quiet, likes to sit and think, likes to be safe, is careful and shy.

No matter how very different these two are, their friendship is one of the best there is… Charlie looks after Pearl when she’s ill and sick because she’s been running around and Pearl makes him try different things when he’s feeling scared, their differences suit each other and, even though they look and sound very different they are still able to be bestest of friends.

Aaron’s illustrations are pretty stunning and colourful, kids and adults will love this book, it’ll have you asking “What makes a good friend” and “Why am I friends with my friends?”

Beautiful, fun, simple…

Book Information:

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley
Author: Blabey Aaron
Illustrator: Blabey Aaron
Publisher: Penguin Aus.
Published: 2 July 2007
Format: Hardback, 32 pages
ISBN-13: 9780670070947