Summary: This story is about a child who hates eating his vegetables and when he is forced to he turns into a monster.
Summary of Professional Reviews: This adventurous story is rated 2 on hornbook guide. The reviewer comments on the creativity of the illustrations, using collage cartoons to make the pictures pop off the page. Also, the author keeps his readers on their toes, guessing what is going to happen next as the pea enters his mouth. In additional, Kirkus reviewed this book as simple with dramatic effects similar to Mo Willem's Pigeon stories. Also, the reviewer comments on the uniqueness of the illustrations to use a brown paper bag for the little boy and his family, and then cutouts of real food, and utensils. Overall, the simple illustrations go well with the simple text to create a fun and relatable story for young children, especially picky eaters.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I found this book to be very relatable for young children who don't like to eat vegetables. The story goes through the emotions that a young child may feel when they are forced to eat something they do not want too. The books illustrations were very well done, by using different types of media techniques. Some parts of the illustrations look as they were drawn on a piece a paper and pasted onto the page while others look by be draw on the page directly. Also, the authors way of emphasis on certain words just by capitalization or bold the words. In addition, the book does great with leaving the reader always guessing what is going to happen next throughout the entire book. The language is very short and simple for young children to read and predict what is going to happen next.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This book can be useful when talking with young children about trying new things. For example, many young children are not willing to try a new food right away, similar to the story. But this short story shows young children that if you try something new that you might just like it after all.
- Also, this can promote a discussion with the children on different types of vegetables and how to make predictions in a text. The story does very well with leaving the reader hanging when they end some statements with three dots.
- Ideal for PreK through 1st grade.
Summary of Professional Reviews: This adventurous story is rated 2 on hornbook guide. The reviewer comments on the creativity of the illustrations, using collage cartoons to make the pictures pop off the page. Also, the author keeps his readers on their toes, guessing what is going to happen next as the pea enters his mouth. In additional, Kirkus reviewed this book as simple with dramatic effects similar to Mo Willem's Pigeon stories. Also, the reviewer comments on the uniqueness of the illustrations to use a brown paper bag for the little boy and his family, and then cutouts of real food, and utensils. Overall, the simple illustrations go well with the simple text to create a fun and relatable story for young children, especially picky eaters.
Review by Jessica Rodriguez: I found this book to be very relatable for young children who don't like to eat vegetables. The story goes through the emotions that a young child may feel when they are forced to eat something they do not want too. The books illustrations were very well done, by using different types of media techniques. Some parts of the illustrations look as they were drawn on a piece a paper and pasted onto the page while others look by be draw on the page directly. Also, the authors way of emphasis on certain words just by capitalization or bold the words. In addition, the book does great with leaving the reader always guessing what is going to happen next throughout the entire book. The language is very short and simple for young children to read and predict what is going to happen next.
This book would be useful when teaching…
- This book can be useful when talking with young children about trying new things. For example, many young children are not willing to try a new food right away, similar to the story. But this short story shows young children that if you try something new that you might just like it after all.
- Also, this can promote a discussion with the children on different types of vegetables and how to make predictions in a text. The story does very well with leaving the reader hanging when they end some statements with three dots.
- Ideal for PreK through 1st grade.