Synopsis
Or no dessert!
Just how much does Mom want Daisy to eat her peas? What's it worth to her? Well, she'll give Daisy a dish of ice cream and a new bike and a baby elephant and then she'll even sweeten the offer and buy Daisy her own chocolate factory. Will Daisy take the bribe and eat her peas? Or will she turn the tables on Mom?
A familiar battle of wills escalates into a hilarious standoff in this bright, funny book. It's the perfect dinnertime companion!
Eat Your Peas is great fun....Nick Sharratt's illustrations...work wonderfully to bring Daisy's dilemma and her mother's bribes to their full potential on the page, and the humour of the texts and the illustrations are in perfect harmony. (The Bookseller)
Sharrat's bold cartoons cleverly depict the futility of squabbles, children will undoubtedly enjoy the exaggerated contest and the fact that the resolution does not involve some sort of punishment. (Booklist)
Author Biography: When not trying to convince his children to eat their peas, Kes Gray works in advertising. Eat Your Peas is his debut book. Mr. Gray and his family live in England.
Nick Sharratt has written and illustrated many books for children, including Noisy Poems, written by Jill Bennett, and My Mom and Dad Make Me Laugh and The Animal Orchestra, both written by Mr. Sharratt himself. He lives in England.
Publishers Weekly
What will it take to get Daisy to eat her peas? Mom starts out with a bribe of ice cream. But even when she cumulatively ups the ante to an inducement that includes never having to go to school again and the purchase of 92 chocolate factories (each clearly delineated in the illustrations), Daisy is unyielding. What the girl really wants is tit-for-tat: "I'll eat my peas if you eat your brussels sprouts," she tells Mom, whose lip promptly begins to quiver at the prospect. A few pages later, daughter and mom are enjoying bowls of ice cream, but it's unclear whether both bit the bullet, nutritionally speaking, or whether they dispensed with veggies and opted for immediate gratification. That nagging ambiguity aside, the book may well tickle funny bones (even if kids may question why Daisy wouldn't trade a few veggies for the bounty her mother offers), thanks not only to debut author Gray's escalating silliness, but also Sharratt's (The Animal Orchestra) signature bold graphics. Daisy, with her perfectly round face, determined, beady eyes and severe Joan of Arc coif, is a veritable icon of juvenile intransigence. Ages 3-6. (Sept.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.