I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)
Lola is a very fussy eater. Carrots are for rabbits and peas are "too  small and too green." One day, after rattling off her long list of despised  foods, she ends with the vehement pronouncement, "And I absolutely will never  not ever eat a tomato." Not convinced, Lola's older sister Charlie has an idea.  She tells Lola that the orange things on the table are not carrots, but "orange  twiglets from Jupiter" and peas are in fact "green drops from Greenland." Mashed  potatoes, when pitched as "cloud fluff from the pointiest peak of Mount Fuji"  suddenly seem appealing to Lola. And in the end, might she even eat a tomato?Lauren Child's wacky, expressive sketches of Lola and Charlie (much like those  inClarice Bean, That's  Me) are cut out and superimposed on all sorts of textures and patterns  from wallpaper to wood. Fuzzy, enlarged photographs of bowls of peas, or fish  sticks, or big carrots are pasted right on top to great effect. This funny,  endearing look at how children's tastes can be based more on preconception than  taste buds is sure to infuse levity into the daily dinner-table struggle. The  author's dedication? "With love from Lauren / who is keen on Marmite / but would  rather not eat a raisin." (Ages 3 to 8)--Karin Snelson--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.