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Peas
by Andrew Cullen & Simon Rickerty

Release Date: 2nd Jul 2009
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 978 0 1415 0258 8
RRP: £5.99

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Peas please...

Why is it that we don’t like peas? There have been previous attempts at making eating peas exciting and fun Night of the Veggie Monster tried the direct approach and didn’t quite convince; Cullen’s approach by contrast is to involve your child in how peas get to your plate. That, and making peas anthropomorphic with names (Pete and Penelope) and cute little faces. Does it work?

My raw, undigested reaction is that by giving the peas human characteristics, it made the peas akin to a child’s pet and therefore the very notion of eating one became unpalatable. This initial response passed however, as the peas themselves begged you to try one – just one! Then it felt like you would be letting down a friend... so of course, you’d have to. Emotional blackmail? Not half... but it doesn’t really get you around the fact that once your little one has caved in and tried a single pea it will gain the steadfast knowledge that peas taste awful. If you’re that obsessed with getting your child to eat peas, try hiding them inside other dishes; or perhaps you could take them pea picking – little fingers and hungry mouths will ensure that they shell a few surreptitiously and eat them. In the end, eating peas straight from the pod is when they taste their nicest.

Peas is very cute, perhaps a little sweet for my tooth, but youngsters will like Pete and Penelope and more importantly, they will learn a lot about the process peas go through in order to get on a plate – this is the real score for this book. In easily digestible, pea-sized globs, Cullen introduces the journey all peas go through from creation to mastication. It’s beautifully simplistic. Bright and cheerful, the illustrations will engage your child easily; but no book can do what a positive first-hand experience can. So get your little ones off to your nearest local farm and get pea picking! Better yet – grow some in your garden.

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