Given the choice of munching on a rocket ship or broccoli (yuck!), who wouldn’t want to eat a rocket ship? Monsters, of course! MONSTERS DON’T EAT BROCCOLI (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers/Ages 5–8) by Barbara Jean Hicks with illustrations by Sue Hendra is a rollicking picture book that will have young readers laughing out loud as monsters try their hardest to avoid eating anything green—while parents will approve of this nondidactic celebration of vegetables!
In this hilarious story, monsters insist that they simply do not like broccoli. They’d rather snack on tractors, a rocket ship, or even a “wheely, steely stew”—just as long as it’s not broccoli! So when they suddenly find themselves munching on “a clump of giant maples and their yummy, gummy bark,” they’re shocked to discover that broccoli is actually delicious!
With vibrant illustrations coupled with rhyming text and the singsong refrain, “Fum, foe, fie, fee, monsters don’t eat broccoli!” MONSTERS DON’T EAT BROCCOLI will make little ones think twice about turning up their noses at vegetables!
Publishers Weekly said: “With a toe-tapping beat and loud, splashy spreads, this paean to mealtime chaos will charm small monsters everywhere.”
Barbara Jean Hicks is the author of Jitterburg Jam, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book and a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2005; and The Secret Life of Walter Kitty (Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2007), which was an Amazon.com Best Picture Book of the Year and received high praise from reviewers. Hicks writes for children with the “goal of instilling in [them] a sense of the possible; I want them to know what choices they have, learn to choose wisely, and believe they are capable of accomplishing what they are truly committed to.” Barbara Jean Hicks lives in California. Readers can visit her online at www.barbarajeanhicks.com.
Sue Hendra is the illustrator of more than seventy children’s books. She lives in Brighton, England.
