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jmitschke's review against another edition
3.0
Really cute artwork in this picture book but the text is kind of preachy.
It is a lesson about a boy who makes a deal with a monster so that he won't have to eat his vegetables, first giving up his soccer ball and then his new bike. Finally he discovers that trying new foods isn't so bad and he shoos off the monster before he trades for his dog too.
It is a lesson about a boy who makes a deal with a monster so that he won't have to eat his vegetables, first giving up his soccer ball and then his new bike. Finally he discovers that trying new foods isn't so bad and he shoos off the monster before he trades for his dog too.
jessdlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
What would you do to avoid eating your vegetables? You might try to feed them to the dog, but what if he didn't want them? Maybe you just moved them around on your plate to make it look like less or hid them in the mashed potatoes. Well, the boy in this sure-to-be-a-classic children's tale will do anything he can do avoid eating his hateful, digusting, stinky peas - even going so far as to make a deal with a MONSTER!
This vibrantly illustrated tale proves that there are worse things than eating your vegetables, like losing your brand new soccer ball, or your shiny new bicycle, or even your poor puppy! A wonderful revelation comes to the boy as he tries to decide if he really wants to lose the things that mean the most to him. This book is a wonderful read for children who need an easy and funny story to read or just need to learn that there can be heavy consequences to not eating their vegetables.
This vibrantly illustrated tale proves that there are worse things than eating your vegetables, like losing your brand new soccer ball, or your shiny new bicycle, or even your poor puppy! A wonderful revelation comes to the boy as he tries to decide if he really wants to lose the things that mean the most to him. This book is a wonderful read for children who need an easy and funny story to read or just need to learn that there can be heavy consequences to not eating their vegetables.
pluisje's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the story and the message it had, and the rhyming made me very glad ;P
watkins's review against another edition
3.0
A boy doesn't want to eat his peas. When a monster says that he will eat them in exchange for toys, the boy realizes that he can eat his peas.
Themes - monsters, vegetables, doing unpleasant things
Themes - monsters, vegetables, doing unpleasant things
cbashore's review against another edition
3.0
This was cute. It vaguely reminded me of the Little Monsters movie :)
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