Eat Your Peas - Softcover

Kes Gray; Nick Sharratt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099439190 ISBN 13: 9780099439196

Publisher: Red Fox, 2002

Synopsis

It was dinner time again and Daisy just knew what her mum was going to say, even before she said it. 'Eat your peas,' said Mum. Daisy looked down at the little green balls that were ganging up on her plate. 'I don't like peas,' said Daisy. And so the battle of wills begins. What does Mum have to promise to get Daisy to eat her peas? An extra pudding, a chocolate factory or a space rocket with double retro laser blammers? But whatever Mum offers, it doesn't change the fact that Daisy just can't stomach those gross green peas. So Daisy comes up with an idea which will turn the tables and make someone else suffer.

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Review:

It's dinnertime and Daisy knows what her mom is going to say even before she says it. "Eat your peas." Looking down at "the little green balls that were ganging up on her plate," Daisy says, "I don't like peas." And round one of the eternal pea battle has begun. Daisy's mother skips over the cajoling, begging, ordering phase, and jumps straight into barter mode. "If you eat your peas, you can have a dish of ice cream." Ha! We laugh at Mom's naiveté. No, Daisy won't settle for a simple dish of ice cream. The bargaining quickly escalates. Soon her subtly shrinking mother is promising 48 dishes of ice cream, permission to stay up past midnight, a reprieve from ever having to wash again, two new bikes, and a baby elephant. And still the ever-bigger Daisy responds, "I don't like peas."

No question about it: this story will strike a chord with more than a few young readers and their long-suffering parents. Daisy's ultimate comeback will tickle readers of all ages, as she challenges her mother's own aversion to brussels sprouts. Nick Sharratt's crisp bright images of the gradually shifting power at the table are pleasing in their cartoon-like simplicity. Parents will want to keep a copy of this by the kitchen table to lighten up the often tense, wearying mealtime clash. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From the Inside Flap:

It was dinner-time again and Daisy just knew what her mum was going to say, even before she said it ? ?Eat your peas?. Daisy looked down at the little green balls that were ganging up on her plate. ?I don?t like peas?, said Daisy. And so the battle of wills between Daisy and her mum began.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0099439190
• ISBN 13: 9780099439196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32