The Monster Who Ate My Peas

This hilarious picture book from author Danny Schnitzlein will have little pea-phobes, picky eaters, and monster lovers begging for repeated reads. What do you dread eating the most? For one young boy, it''s peas, but he''s discovered a solution. "I closed my eyes tightly and sent out a wish That the peas would somehow disappear from my dish And something quite strange and mysterious occurred, As if somehow. . . somebody. . . somewhere had heard." He makes a bargain with a fiendishly funny monster who will eat the boy''s peas in exchange for a soccer ball. But with each new encounter, the monster''s demands escalate. Eventually, our hero faces a daunting decision?can he conquer his loathing for peas, or will he lose his most prized possession? Danny Schnitzlein''s Seuss-inspired verse combine with Matt Faulkner''s uproariously detailed illustrations to create a clever story about how far we''re willing to go to avoid the things we hate.