Book description
A funny picture book about solving—finally!—a growing family's picky-eater problem!
Peter wants only milk, Lucy won’t settle for anything but homemade lemonade, and Jack is stuck on applesauce...
Each new addition to the household brings a new demand for a special meal. What’s a mother to do?
"A highly comic…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Seven Silly Eaters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this book as a parent because it is a joy to read. Its rhyme is sheer perfection (which is hard to pull off) and the conclusion is pure genius, as Hoberman deftly weaves a tapestry out of seemingly random strings. This is a hilarious book about a mother who grows more and more weary from the demands of her seven children and their very particular and fussy eating habits. This kitchen-bound, short-order-chef hero of a mom gets a lovely surprise at the end that makes all the chaos seem worth it. Kids will giggle, moms (or dads or…
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