Night of the Veggie Monster, written by George McClements, is a cute book. On Tuesday nights the boy in the book has to eat 3 peas. Just as a lot of children are about eating vegetables, he makes a huge scene where his fingers wiggle, eyes water, toes curl, and he becomes a veggie monster with the slightest touch from a pea. When he swallows the pea he realizes, hey, peas aren't that bad tasting.
One of my favorite parts of this book is the ending. The boy realizes that peas don't taste too bad after finally tasting it. He then continues to say that he isn't in the clear because Wednesdays is.... BROCCOLI. Can you imagine what broccoli will do to a kid?!
I also like the format of the book and how it is put together. I like how the story is told from the little boy's perspective, but the author also uses dialogue bubbles of the parents conversing between each other. The dialogue bubbles are a creative way to add in the parent's view of the situation. The story is a big dramatic tale from the little boys perspective about having to eat peas while also getting the parents' "here we go, not this again" outlook of the situation.
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