If Little Pea doesn't eat all of his sweets, there will be no vegetables for dessert! What's a young pea to do? Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this pea-size picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to.
Topics: Funny, Ironic, Witty, Heartwarming, Fruits & Veggies, Family, Obedience, Parents, Illustrated, Picture Book, 和 Series
Published: Chronicle Books Digital on Jul 1, 2010
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There are not a lot of colors but the story is great! - My studentmore
I loved that the little pea doesn't
like candy but loves spinachmore
like candy but loves spinachmore
This is a wonderful story ever seenmore
Little pea, in this story, is personified as a child who loves to do all the things your average child loves. The only difference is that he wants nothing more for dessert than delicious....SPINACH. This book promotes healthy eating in a way that is able to better relate to children. Great before lunch read :)more
Like most young children, little pea hangs out on the playground with friends and enjoys his (her?) family; in fact, there is only one thing Little Pea doesn’t like and it’s on the dinner plate. Hey, what do peas eat for dinner? *spoiler* Candy. (Of course! You can disabuse your imagination of some sick episode of vegetable cannibalism) Adults will find it hilarious. Children will find it outrageous. Maybe it will help the former trick the latter into eating more veggies. One thing is for sure, Little Pea is fun to read. And a joyous exercise in irony.more
Little Pea is a story about a picky little pea who hates to eat his dinner. Every night little pea has to eat candy, which he finds disgusting. He only eats his dinner so he can have dessert, which is vegetables, his favorite. This is a great story for young children who are picky eaters or dislike healthy foods. Little Pea is a vegetable who likes to eat healthy and dislikes junk food. Picky eaters can relate to Little Pea because he dislikes eating dinner. Also the readers will notice how important vegetables are when they see how excited Little Pea is when he gets his spinach for dessert.more
Little Pea is just like any other child; Little Pea hates the food that's good for him. In this case, Little Pea's least favorite food is candy. This book teaches children that everyone must eat the stuff they dislike (the stuff that's good for them) in order to eat the things they love. This cute little story shows the struggles most kids and their parents face at dinner.more
(easy, picture) Little pea and his family are just like us. Little pea plays with his friends, has stories with his mom and his dad throws him in the air for fun. There is one exception, little pea must eat his candy before dessert at dinnertime. His dessert is a big bowl of spinach! That's right...candy first, vegetables later. Little Pea loves his spinach but is not so keen on the candy. A funny little twist on a common dinnertable struggle.more
A cute story about a little pea who hate to eat his dinner (candy) but can't wait for desert (spinach).more
Awesomeness!! Little Pea has to eat candy for dinner and he hates candy! He has to choke it down to get his dessert-spinach! Love the illustrations, love the story, super cute!more
Corace's spare but colorful illustrations introduce young readers to Little Pea and his family. Little Pea likes to roll down hills, play with his "pea pals", have Papa Pea fling him off of a spoon (the kids love this picture), and listen to Mama Pea tell stories about herself as a little girl, er, pea. Yep, Little Pea had a great life, except for dinner time. Because when you're a pea, you eat CANDY every night for dinner. Blech! (The laughter and the incredulous looks on kids' faces is great!) And, as all kids have heard before, if Little Pea doesn't finish his dinner there will be no dessert. Little Pea grudgingly eats each piece of candy (a nice place for your child to count along with Little Pea). He winces, he makes faces, he sticks out his tongue, he says "blech", but he finally finishes all of his candy and is given dessert. And what was for dessert you ask?"Spinach!" squealed Little Pea. "My favorite!"This is a short book, not a lot of text or illustrations on the pages, but kids are totally absorbed by the concept of candy for dinner and vegetables for dessert. They even enjoy the corny final line (each book has one) of:And they lived hap-pea-ly ever afterVerdict:This is a super cute book that younger kids can discuss with their parents. The idea that candy helps a pea to grow up big and strong, all of the arguments they've heard but turned on their head. This is a delightful little book and I give it 5 stars. I think it's great and I know The Kid will enjoy it when he's older.more
This book is a fun story about a pea who has to eat candy every night for supper and his dessert is spinnach. This would be a great story for encouraging healthy eating in young kids.more
My older niece doesn't like spinach. Not even after reading this book :)She eats other vegetables, though. I bought this book because she liked it when we checked it out of the library, not to teach a moral lesson.We both think it's really funny that Little Pea has to eat candy in order to get spinach, and the illustrations of Little Pea's day are perfectly well done.I definitely recommend it.more
Little Pea can't have spinach for dessert until he eats all his candy. Cute! Shows that whatever is held out as a reward is what we're gonna want.more
Little Pea is about a pea whose parents make him eat all his candy before he is allowed to eat vegetables for dessert. This “reverse psychology” story works because both it and the spare yet expressive illustrations by Jen Corace are so charming. Kids will laugh knowingly at little pea’s predicament and root him on as he has to eat all that “yucky” candy.more
Little pea is just your average kid-pea. And furthermore, he does NOT like to eat his candy, because that's what he has to eat everyday - candy, candy, candy. He much prefers dessert, and can only have it after he's eaten every single bit of candy on his plate. He can't wait to see what his dessert is - Hurray! It's spinach! A simple story, minimal illustrations, funny to see life from a pea's point of view. And little pea and his parents live happ-pea-ly ever after.more
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