I Don't Want to Be a Pea
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- £5.49
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Publisher Description
Hugo is in no doubt as to what he and Bella should go as to the Hippo-Bird Fancy Dress Party. They will go as the princess and the pea and he will be the princess (of course) leaving poor Bella to be the pea. Indignant, Bella refuses. She has a better suggestion. They will go as a mermaid on a rock and she will be the mermaid (of course) leaving a huffy Hugo to be the rock. Hugo is not happy. But neither is Bella. They just can't decide on a costume and things reach a crisis when they both flounce off saying they don't want to go to the party after all. After time to consider, both Hugo and Bella calm down and (privately) both choose to dress as a pea as a gesture of making it all up to each other. So when they arrive at the party as peas, Hugo and Bella announce proudly that they are 'two pods in a pea, just as it should be' underlining the message of the book that friendship is all about give and take. With wonderfully absurd illustrations, from new talent Simon Rickerty and a great read-aloud text, this is a made-for-sharing book.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hugo Hippo and Bella Bird may be symbiotic simpaticos, but the strong-willed duo can't see eye to eye as the Hippo-Bird Fairy-Tale Fancy Dress Party approaches (they can't even agree on the name of the event). Bella doesn't want to be the pea in a joint Princess in the Pea costume, while Hugo has no interest in being the "gray and blobby" rock to Bella's mermaid. Unable to come to terms, the pals harrumph to their separate quarters until a change of heart leads to a solution and proves that they really are two peas in a pod. Bonwill (Naughty Toes) peppers her gentle friendship story with bits of knowing humor ("But you are gray and blobby," Bella says of the rock costume. "I will ignore that comment," Hugo replies), giving the proceedings some energetic flair. Different fonts distinguish the two speakers' words, and Rickerty balances sweet and silly in his portraits, using simple shapes, forceful lines, and snazzy blocks of color to give the friends plenty of personality. Ages 2 6.
