This picture book was very clever. The story centers around a family: Mama, Papa, and Little Pea. Little Pea loves being a pea--rolling around is much faster than walking! He has pea friends and is a normal kiddo. His parents are very loving and want only the best for him. Little Pea's parents try to impress upon him the importance of eating healthy so he can grow up to be a big strong pea. The only part of his day that he doesn't like is dinner time. His parents force him to eat something that he hates more than anything in the world--CANDY! This is a cute twist on countless times we have all been told to "Eat your vegetables." If you are a pea, it would be a bit morbid to eat peas, so what is there for dinner? Candy, of course.
Kids will love this idea because Little Pea is forced to eat some of his candy so he can get to his dessert. His dessert? Well spinach of course! I know I struggled with eating all of my vegetables as a kid and dessert was the only way I could make myself eat them. How cute that Little Pea has such a unique challenge--this shows how situations have more than one side to them depending on your situation! Me? I would much rather have the candy for dinner and maybe skip the spinach dessert (you know, to be healthier). I thought the pea puns were amusing and can see kids loving this short read. The illustrations by Jen Corace were cute and simple, keeping with the style of the story.
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