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The Seven Silly Eaters

by Mary Ann Hoberman

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Peter wants only milk, Lucy won't settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce. Each new addition to the Peters household brings a new demand for a special meal.
What's a mother to do? Even though Mrs. Peters picks, peels, strains, scrapes, poaches, fries, and kneads, the requests for special foods keep coming. It isn't until her birthday arrives that a present from her children solves the problem with a hilarious surprise that pleases everyone.

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A family of picky eaters includes Peter, who wants nothing but milk; Lucy, who refuses everything but lemonade; and Jack, who will only eat applesauce. Full color.

Synopsis:

Peter wants only milk, Lucy won't settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce. Each new addition to the Peters household brings a new demand for a special meal.

What's a mother to do? Even though Mrs. Peters picks, peels, strains, scrapes, poaches, fries, and kneads, the requests for special foods keep coming. It isn't until her birthday arrives that a present from her children solves the problem with a hilarious surprise that pleases everyone.

Synopsis:

A family of picky eaters includes Peter, who wants nothing but milk; Lucy, who refuses everything but lemonade; and Jack, who will only eat applesauce. Full color.

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About the Author

Mary Ann Hoberman is the author of The Llama Who Had No Pajama. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Marla Frazee is the illustrator of Hush Little Baby: A Folk Song with Pictures. She lives in Pasadena, California.

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Jennifer Starkman, July 7, 2007 (view all comments by Jennifer Starkman)
Storybooks about picky eaters seem to be a dime a dozen, but there is no question that The Seven Silly Eaters stands out in that crowd. Instead of a tale of grumpy complaints, this rhyming story of a pack of wee food critics is upbeat and fun.
One of the ways the author maintains that sense of jolliness is by emphasizing the positive rather than the negative. It seems like such a little thing, but in the overall scheme of things I have found that it makes a huge difference that instead of the usual gripes about not wanting to eat ones vegetables/liver/etc., Hoberman focuses on the single food or beverage that each child does want to eat?at every meal, day after day after day, much to their mother?s frustration. Again, it seems like a small thing, but children pick up on the small things. I think most parents would rather have their child hearing about something that a character finds particularly tasty (especially when those foods include such healthy things as milk, oatmeal, and applesauce), rather than having the idea put in their head that a certain vegetable or other good food is ?yucky.?
I also really like the way the story is resolved, for two reasons. First of all, because it celebrates the mother and acknowledges the hard work that she has done. Secondly, I like that instead of the usual ending to such stories, which generally features the unlikely scenario of a child suddenly discovering that peas/liver/brussels sprouts are his new favourite food, this story ends with a culinary resolution that is, if not true-to-life, then at least logical, and which involves a neatly presented example of what cooperation can accomplish.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780152024406
Author:
Hoberman, Mary Ann
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Illustrator:
Frazee, Marla
ill.:
Frazee, Marla
Author:
Frazee, Marla
Location:
San Diego
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family - General
Subject:
Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Brothers and sisters
Subject:
Food habits
Subject:
Stories in rhyme
Edition Description:
1st Voyager Books ed.
Series Volume:
Bd. 3.1
Publication Date:
August 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
40
Dimensions:
10.36x10.03x.27 in. .44 lbs.
Children's Book Type:
Picture / Wordless
Age Level:
04-08
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