The Seven Silly Eaters

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 rhyming romp that surprisingly (and nicely) twists into a birthday story.? ?School Library Journal
"Hoberman's riotous tale is spun like a Seussian fable." ?New York Times Book Review

About the author

Mary Ann Hoberman has published more than twenty books for children, including the American Book Award winner A House is a House for Me, illustrated by Betty  Fraser. She and her husband live in Greenwich, CT.MARLA FRAZEE has illustrated many acclaimed picture books, some of which she also wrote. Her picture book A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever was named a Caldecott Honor Book. She is also the author and illustrator of Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages; Santa Claus, the World's Number One Toy Expert; Roller Coaster; and Hush, Little Baby. She is the illustrator of Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers, The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman, Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox, and more. Marla Frazee lives in Pasadena, California. Visit her website at www.marlafrazee.com.  

Summary

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 rhyming romp that surprisingly (and nicely) twists into a birthday story.” —School Library Journal
"Hoberman's riotous tale is spun like a Seussian fable." —New York Times Book Review

Product details

• Authors: Mary Ann Hoberman, Hoberman Mary Ann Hoberman
• Assisted by: Marla Frazee (Illustration), Frazee Marla Frazee (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.1997
• EAN: 9780152000967
• ISBN: 978-0-15-200096-7
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 254 mm x 254 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 446 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; family;funny books for kids;funny kids books;funny gifts, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / New Baby, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Art, JUVENILE FICTION: Holidays & Celebrations / Birthdays