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I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
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I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato

by Lauren Child

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An older brother discovers a way to get his very picky sister to eat different foods. He gives the food new and exotic names. The kids really liked this one. Very clever. I liked the art. Simple and cartoonish. I loved how the food was remade into magical new things. ( )
judychadwick | May 11, 2009 |  
Charlie's sister Lola is a picky eater, so Charlie has to get creative. He renames all of the foods she is about to eat for dinner, making them more exciting (i.e. carrots=orange twiglets and fishsticks=ocean nibbles). When he renamed the food it took Lola on an adventure, so she's willing to try them. She catches on to the game at the end of the story and calls tomatoes, moon squirters. What a fun time she had eating dinner that evening thanks to her brother Charlie.
amycampbell | May 3, 2009 |  
Lola is a very picky eater. When her brother Charlie is in charge of feeding her, he becomes very creative in telling her what each food is. Instead of peas, he says they're "green drops." When he masks the food behind a different creative name, Lola becomes much more accepting of the food she believed she didn't like. Genre: Realistic Fiction because though the characters are fictional, the story is one that every aspect could take place in reality. Lola is a round character because her thoughts, words, and actions are narrated throughout the story. Also, she grows throughout and eventually accepts eating the foods she previously did not want. Media: mixed media
msequeira06 | Feb 25, 2009 |  
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Kaethe | May 27, 2008 |  
A clever older brother figures out how to get his fussy younger sister to eat her dinner. He listens to her insistence that she'll never eat a huge list of foods, one of which is fish sticks. He tells her they're ocean nibbles from the supermarket under the sea. He doesn't get frustrated, angry, or mean; he remains charmingly aloof.

The artwork in this story is rough. The characters are angular, with crude details. The backgrounds of the story are pieces of patterned paper or fabric with actual photographs sprinkled throughout. The combination of these styles makes the book quite welcoming for children and visually interesting for both children and adults.
juliepsu | May 19, 2008 |  
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0763621803, Paperback)

Lola is a very fussy eater. Carrots are for rabbits and peas are "too small and too green." One day, after rattling off her long list of despised foods, she ends with the vehement pronouncement, "And I absolutely will never not ever eat a tomato." Not convinced, Lola's older sister Charlie has an idea. She tells Lola that the orange things on the table are not carrots, but "orange twiglets from Jupiter" and peas are in fact "green drops from Greenland." Mashed potatoes, when pitched as "cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji" suddenly seem appealing to Lola. And in the end, might she even eat a tomato?

Lauren Child's wacky, expressive sketches of Lola and Charlie (much like those in Clarice Bean, That's Me) are cut out and superimposed on all sorts of textures and patterns from wallpaper to wood. Fuzzy, enlarged photographs of bowls of peas, or fish sticks, or big carrots are pasted right on top to great effect. This funny, endearing look at how children's tastes can be based more on preconception than taste buds is sure to infuse levity into the daily dinner-table struggle. The author's dedication? "With love from Lauren / who is keen on Marmite / but would rather not eat a raisin." (Ages 3 to 8) --Karin Snelson

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