'But that's besides the point! These books have everything! From skateboarding to playing with dad to going to school and even cleaning up my room (which believe it or not, I like to do). In fact, I think she may have fallen asleep.

'Now, I'm not going to say that Littlebug doesn't have any good taste (she must, she likes my 'That's Not My Truck' book), it just so happens that in this particular case she has fallen a bit short.

These books will soon become classics, as anyone with any taste will obviously see upon their first reading. In my opinion, she's made a grievous mistake. She received them this Christmas and no sooner had she received them did she toss them to the side for a more flashy glowing singing worm thing. I'm not sure exactly why my parents thought that these books would be more appropriate for Littlebug(my daughter, age 1), but they were wrong. She died of ovarian cancer on Maat the age of 51.The Turkeybird (My son's opinion, age 3) Takes Over: 'Let me just take the reigns while Littlebug goes off to chew on some other book. She was also the host of the radio show Writers' Block Party on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio. Her essays and articles appeared in The New York Times, Hallmark Magazine, Parenting, O: The Oprah Magazine, and McSweeney's.

Her short films include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, and Life Is a Marathon.

Her books for adults include Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life and Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal. She also wrote a picture book with her daughter Paris entitled Dear Girl. Her children's books included Little Pea, Little Hoot, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, Duck! Rabbit!, Spoon, The OK Book, Plant a Kiss, I Wish You More, That's Me Loving You, Exclamation Mark!, and Uni the Unicorn. She wrote both children's and adult books. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in advertising for several years. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3056 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1336 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).Īmy Krouse Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Tufts University. If Little Pea doesn't eat all of his sweets, there will be no vegetables for dessert! What's a young pea to do? Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this pea-size picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to.

Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal