Pure nonsense abounds in this rhyming tall tale about the plight of Mrs. Peters, who has seven children who are such fussy eaters it becomes nearly impossible for her to serve a meal that more than one of them will eat. The pleasure here is the manner in which the author has taken her idea to extremes, bound only by the limits of rhyming iambic pentameter. The detailed pen and ink illustrations show each of the family members as distinctive as their individual tastes. (Ages 4-8)

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