Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jen Corace
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Book Reviews of Little Pea
Book Review: adorable story that actually gets kids to try spinach!
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved the simple illustrations in this book so much that I actually bought it for myself, but it has turned into my 4-year-old's favorite story. He just loves seeing Little Pea make all those yucky faces when he is "forced" to eat candy, and then is rewarded with the big bowl of spinach. I didn't even think to push eating spinach on my son, since his only idea of eating vegetables is potatoes and corn, but he actually asked me to make him some. He now LOVES eating spinach pesto and stuffed shells with spinach and ricotta, spinach quiche and spinach lasagne. Everytime he sees spinach for dinner he shouts out "yea! little pea food!" Who knew? Now my 1 1/2-year-old is hooked on the story, although since peas are her favorite food, we had a little hurdle to jump over since she wanted to make sure she didn't Little Pea or his mom or dad or any of his friends. I just scooped out a spoonful and set them aside "in a safe place" and she happily ate the rest. Love this book.Book Review: If vegetables could eat...
Summary: 5 Stars
Go on, ask yourself, if vegetables had mouths and could eat, what would be their dinner of choice? Why, candy of course! Mama and Papa pea just want their sweet little baby pea to grow up and be the strongest pea he can be. And to do that, it means eating candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner. But little pea hates Candy. What he wants to eat is spinach. Lots of mushy, dark spinach. Luckily for him, Mama and Papa pea have promised him some as long as he eats all his...
I absolutely love this story about the unlikely, unsuspecting daily routines of a Pea family. Selective eating kids will especially love this book, and will relate to the "pea parent's" mealtime bargaining tactics. Amy Krouse Rosenthal keeps her audience laughing through every page (and every gulp of candy) in Little Pea.
-- Reviewed by Jill MacKenzie
Book Review: love my little peas
Summary: 5 Stars
Sure, it probably won't get your veggie-hating kid to request spinach at every meal, but the illustrations are adorable, and the storyline, an endearing tale about a little pea whose mom and dad make him finish 5 pieces of candy before he is allowed to eat his favorite dessert - a big bowl of spinach! - is silly enough to make my two-year-old son crack up every time we read it.
He loves personalizing the book for our family (instead of Mama Pea, Papa Pea and Little Pea he calls the peas: Mama Pea, Dada Pea, Ethan Pea and Molly Pea) and what toddler can resist making "yuck" and "blech" sounds along with the Little Pea when he's suffering through a plate of candy.
Ethan makes me read it again and again. I love this book (and my little peas.)
Book Review: "Little Pea," beloved book
Summary: 5 Stars
Whenever I visit my cousins, I bring a stack of books from the library to read to them. One time, "Little Pea" was in the stack. My littlest cousin loved it. Any time I visited after that, she asked for the book, but it was always checked out of the library. Finally, I bought her the book. She was thrilled.
The story is about a little pea who won't eat his sugary dinner, because he wants broccoli. His mother makes him take three sugary bites before she'll let him have his broccoli, because a pea that doesn't eat its sugar doesn't grow up to be sweet.
The illustrations are great, and a typical child can't help but relate to the little pea.
Book Review: Adorable, silly, teaches day of the week
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is adorable, my now-four year old picked it as a favorite last year and hasn't gotten tired of it yet (and he's not big on reading in general, so not much holds his attention). He loves that I do a whiny voice for little pea, he loves doing his parts which he long ago memorized, he loves snuggling into me when it talked about snuggling with mommy at night, he loves describing the candy when I mention which day of the week it is - and as a bonus, last night, he said his days of the week even though we've never worked on them formally. I changed "hated" to "didn't like" and the entire thing is appropriate for a preschooler.