Eat Your Peas: A Daisy Book
It's dinnertime and Daisy knows what her mom is going to say even before  she says it. "Eat your peas." Looking down at "the little green balls that were  ganging up on her plate," Daisy says, "I don't like peas." And round one of the  eternal pea battle has begun. Daisy's mother skips over the cajoling, begging,  ordering phase, and jumps straight into barter mode. "If you eat your peas, you  can have a dish of ice cream." Ha! We laugh at Mom's naiveté. No, Daisy  won't settle for a simple dish of ice cream. The bargaining quickly escalates.  Soon her subtly shrinking mother is promising 48 dishes of ice cream, permission  to stay up past midnight, a reprieve from ever having to wash again, two new  bikes, and a baby elephant. And still the ever-bigger Daisy responds, "I don't  like peas."No question about it: this story will strike a chord with more than a few young  readers and their long-suffering parents. Daisy's ultimate comeback will tickle  readers of all ages, as she challenges her mother's own aversion to brussels  sprouts. Nick Sharratt's crisp bright images of the gradually shifting power at  the table are pleasing in their cartoon-like simplicity. Parents will want to  keep a copy of this by the kitchen table to lighten up the often tense, wearying  mealtime clash. (Ages 3 to 7)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.