The Little Pea is a great example for kids who are hard to convince to eath their veggies.
Little pea is a happy little pea that enjoys life, except for one thing...Candy! His favorite dessert is spinach. ( )

Fun read. My daughter loves the fact that the pea hates candy, but loves spinach! ( )

Cute story about a pea who must eat candy before having a treat. ( )

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. ( )

Audience: Ages 3-8.

Annotation: Little Pea loves his family but hates to eat his dinner: candy.

Review: Little Pea is an adorable book that is both humorous and fun. In a family of peas, little pea enjoys the love and attention of his parents. Yet what he hates is finishing his dinner. Author Amy Rosenthal pokes fun at a common children’s dilemma of eating food they don’t like. Yet this time the disagreeable food is candy and dessert is spinach. Children will enjoy the humor of the story as well as the fun illustrations. Illustrator Jean Corace takes ordinary human situations and translates them into the world of peas; tiny peas swing on swing sets, roll down hills and play hopscotch. This clever story should be a hit with young children who will get a kick out of seeing Little Pea struggle to swallow each one of the brightly colored candies.

Citations: The reviews emphasize the joy that children will experience listening to Rosenthal’s playful twist on family dinner time. I wonder if this picture book will loose its appeal with children after the first few reads, especially since the plot depends on joke.

Publishers Weekly 252.19 (May 9, 2005)
Kirkus Reviews 73.9 (May 1, 2005) ( )