Little Pea

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Other authorsJen Corace (Illustrator)

Paperback, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Description

Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

Publication

Chronicle Books (2015), Edition: Illustrated, 32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member kapilalove

Little pea is just your average kid-pea. And furthermore, he does NOT like to eat his candy, because that's what he has to eat everyday - candy, candy, candy. He much prefers dessert, and can only have it after he's eaten every single bit of candy on his plate. He can't wait to see what his dessert

is - Hurray! It's spinach!

A simple story, minimal illustrations, funny to see life from a pea's point of view. And little pea and his parents live happ-pea-ly ever after.

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LibraryThing member conuly

My older niece doesn't like spinach. Not even after reading this book :)

She eats other vegetables, though. I bought this book because she liked it when we checked it out of the library, not to teach a moral lesson.

We both think it's really funny that Little Pea has to eat candy in order to get

spinach, and the illustrations of Little Pea's day are perfectly well done.

I definitely recommend it.

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LibraryThing member missmath144

Little Pea can't have spinach for dessert until he eats all his candy. Cute! Shows that whatever is held out as a reward is what we're gonna want.

LibraryThing member pibooks

From the engaging illustrations by Jen Corace to the clever text by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Little Pea is a bedtime story with a lot of charm. A bonus for one-child families: Little Pea offers a positive depiction of the only-child-parent bond.

LibraryThing member whitneyharrison

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.

LibraryThing member elle0467

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.

LibraryThing member carka

What's not to love about a pea who hates candy but can't wait for his spinach dessert?!

LibraryThing member AbundanceofBooks

Corace's spare but colorful illustrations introduce young readers to Little Pea and his family. Little Pea likes to roll down hills, play with his "pea pals", have Papa Pea fling him off of a spoon (the kids love this picture), and listen to Mama Pea tell stories about herself as a little girl, er,

pea. Yep, Little Pea had a great life, except for dinner time. Because when you're a pea, you eat CANDY every night for dinner. Blech! (The laughter and the incredulous looks on kids' faces is great!) And, as all kids have heard before, if Little Pea doesn't finish his dinner there will be no dessert. Little Pea grudgingly eats each piece of candy (a nice place for your child to count along with Little Pea). He winces, he makes faces, he sticks out his tongue, he says "blech", but he finally finishes all of his candy and is given dessert. And what was for dessert you ask?

"Spinach!" squealed Little Pea. "My favorite!"

This is a short book, not a lot of text or illustrations on the pages, but kids are totally absorbed by the concept of candy for dinner and vegetables for dessert. They even enjoy the corny final line (each book has one) of:

And they lived hap-pea-ly ever after

Verdict:
This is a super cute book that younger kids can discuss with their parents. The idea that candy helps a pea to grow up big and strong, all of the arguments they've heard but turned on their head. This is a delightful little book and I give it 5 stars. I think it's great and I know The Kid will enjoy it when he's older.

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LibraryThing member dangerlibearian

Awesomeness!! Little Pea has to eat candy for dinner and he hates candy! He has to choke it down to get his dessert-spinach! Love the illustrations, love the story, super cute!

LibraryThing member cassinolan

A cute story about a little pea who hate to eat his dinner (candy) but can't wait for desert (spinach).

LibraryThing member derbygirl

(easy, picture) Little pea and his family are just like us. Little pea plays with his friends, has stories with his mom and his dad throws him in the air for fun. There is one exception, little pea must eat his candy before dessert at dinnertime. His dessert is a big bowl of spinach! That's

right...candy first, vegetables later. Little Pea loves his spinach but is not so keen on the candy. A funny little twist on a common dinnertable struggle.

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LibraryThing member ckarmstr1

Little Pea is just like any other child; Little Pea hates the food that's good for him. In this case, Little Pea's least favorite food is candy. This book teaches children that everyone must eat the stuff they dislike (the stuff that's good for them) in order to eat the things they love. This cute

little story shows the struggles most kids and their parents face at dinner.

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LibraryThing member kzrobin

I love how this book makes candy look gross and spinach look yummy. Absolutely adorable! There's nothing better than teaching children it's cool to eat spinach.

LibraryThing member Calamia

Little Pea is a story about a picky little pea who hates to eat his dinner. Every night little pea has to eat candy, which he finds disgusting. He only eats his dinner so he can have dessert, which is vegetables, his favorite. This is a great story for young children who are picky eaters or dislike

healthy foods. Little Pea is a vegetable who likes to eat healthy and dislikes junk food. Picky eaters can relate to Little Pea because he dislikes eating dinner. Also the readers will notice how important vegetables are when they see how excited Little Pea is when he gets his spinach for dessert.

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LibraryThing member lenoreva

Little Pea is about a pea whose parents make him eat all his candy before he is allowed to eat vegetables for dessert. This “reverse psychology” story works because both it and the spare yet expressive illustrations by Jen Corace are so charming. Kids will laugh knowingly at little pea’s

predicament and root him on as he has to eat all that “yucky” candy.

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LibraryThing member StoryTrain

Little Pea loves to roll around and play (as peas do), but there is one thing that little pea hates: candy. And candy is what Little Pea gets for dinner. Cute illustrations, silly humor, and a whimsical (but perfectly legible) font complete this little gem.

Preschoolers especially enjoy the humor

based around the reversal of their expectations (irony for children!) during storytime. Requests for multiple readings are not uncommon.

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LibraryThing member Cfmichel

Little pea, in this story, is personified as a child who loves to do all the things your average child loves. The only difference is that he wants nothing more for dessert than delicious....SPINACH. This book promotes healthy eating in a way that is able to better relate to children. Great before

lunch read :)

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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

A delightful little picture-book from Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace, Little Pea combines minimal text and minimal illustrations, achieving the maximum effect in charm and entertainment. Little Pea is a happy youngster, who loves his Papa and Mama Pea, and enjoys playing with his friends. The

only discordant element in his life comes at mealtime, when his parents insist that he eat his candy, before he can have a delicious bowl of spinach for dessert...

This charming reversal of the usual mealtime argument involving vegetables, is sure to please young children, who will enjoy all the many sounds of disgust Little Pea makes while being forced to eat FIVE(!) pieces of candy. "Blech," indeed! Jen Corace's illustrations are simple but effective, conveying a sense of motion and feeling. All in all, this strikes me as a book ideally suited for storyhour with young children, and while it may not convince fussy eaters to mend their ways, it will hold up a humorous mirror for their feelings and behavior.

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LibraryThing member heycrazyy

Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this pea-size picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to.

LibraryThing member JudesThree

Charming book. Little Pea HAS to eat candy for dinner. But, he LOVES spinach. Very cute book that is full of puns and twists. Promotes healthy eating.

LibraryThing member Katieflu628

"Little Pea" is a humorous story based off the irony of eating healthy. This story has a pea that does not like candy, only healthy things, especially spinach. This story shows students that they have to listen to their parents and eat what they tell them, even if they do not agree! The plot is

humorous for both adults and children, and the illustrations make the story even extra humorous.

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LibraryThing member cvarela

Little Pea is a story as the tittle suggests it, about a pea that doesn't want to eat his dinner. Sounds familiar? Little pea is personified as an average elementary school child who is a picky eater. Little pea needs to eat his nutritious food (candy) so he can have his favorite dessert in the

world (spinach) This is a very cute story for little kids who have a hard time eating variety of foods. At the end of the story, little pea listens to his parents and eats all the candy he is supposed to. I think it is important to help children understand that many times in life we will be required to do things we do not want to do but we have to. This book can help children identify and find courage to confront those challenges that might seem scary or too hard to accomplish.

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LibraryThing member pussreboots

Little Pea, the title character, reminds me a lot of my son. Little Pea every night is forced to eat food he doesn't like (because it's good for him). His exasperated parents ask him to eat five pieces. Little Pea reluctantly does what they ask but pulls the most wonderful faces as he takes his

bites. These scenes replay the typical dinner for us. Sean is a picky eater and we often times resort to counting out bites to get him to eat.

Little Pea is the second book by Amy Krause Rosenthal that I've read. I was first introduced to her humorous writing through her autobiography: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life. Now that we've enjoyed one of her children's books, I will keep her in mind for future book purchases.

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LibraryThing member Sberma5

I loved this book very much and cannot wait to read it to my children or students. The big message of the story was to eat all of your dinner so you can be healthy. Also, the pea hated candy, which happened to be his dinner. I thought his dessert was funny, being it was spinach, and he loved it.

The message was to show children that vegetables were just as tasty and that candy was not good. Also, the language was very descriptive, “ On Monday, he ate red candy for dinner.” This gave the reader an imagine for themselves, even though the illustrations were great. The illustrations showed exactly what the story was explaining, for example, when the pea was playing on the seasaw with his friends. This would be great for children who cannot read, but as their parents read the story to them, they followed along with the stories, using the illustrations. This story was well paced, explaining each night of dinner, dessert and activities the pea went through. This story was told in third person, which explained the pea very well.

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LibraryThing member Rosa.Mill

A nice short picture book about what it's like to grow up a pea in a pea family. Very simple illustration style, the pages are very clean and only include enough to back up the text. Funny dinner/desert/candy/vegetable section.

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