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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2008
Night of the Veggie Monster
Written & illustrated by George McClements
A veggie-hating child transforms into a monster when faced with peas. Will he conquer his fear?
3.9/5 Goodreads · 315 ratings
32 pages
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Bookroo's summary
A single pea turns a determined vegetable hater into a rampaging Veggie Monster, ready to smash and tip everything in sight. But can this unexpected transformation lead to a surprising gulp of peas? With a mix of humor and chaos, this tale captures a child's dinnertime drama from a parent's perspective. Will the Veggie Monster embrace his greens, or will the dinner table be forever doomed? Discover the hilarious journey of a child facing his greatest culinary challenge.
From the publisher
Even monsters need to eat their vegetables! This wry and funny story might inspire a few veggie monsters to give peas a chance. When a single pea touches the lips of this determined vegetable hater, our hero doesn’t cry, whine, or refuse to swallow. He turns into a VEGGIE MONSTER! Ready to smash the chairs! Ready to tip the table! Ready to . . . GULP . . . down his peas? With inventive mixed-media illustrations and a short, snappy text that combines a child’s dinnertime drama with a hilarious parents’-eye-view, this is the perfect book to read with kids to get them to eat their vegetables.
At a glance
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 32
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- ~190L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- 1.7
- F&P level
- ~G
- AR points
- 0.5
- AR interest level
- LG
- AR quiz
- 124895
Publication
- Published
- January 7, 2014
- First published
- March 3, 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
Identifiers
- ISBN
- 9781619631809
- LCCN
- 2007017850
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