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. ( )

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.

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

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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.