The Runaway Pea
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By Kjartan Poskitt, and and, Alex Willmore
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476 reviews
It’s time for tea, but one pesky pea has decided to ping himself off the plate in search of a party!
The rogue pea shoots, flings and bounces across the kitchen as he embarks on his perilous adventure – but will he find the fun he is looking for or is the kitchen a scarier place than he thought?
This quirky caper from debut duo Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore will show you just what can happen when you take your eye off your dinner for a second!
Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books – The Runaway Pea: Left Behind and The Runaway Pea: Washed Away!
PRAISE FOR THE RUNAWAY PEA:
‘A runaway success’ – Philip Ardagh
‘Kids will enjoy . . . Poskitt’s lively rhyming verse as the pea plops, splashes, bangs and twangs his way across the kitchen’ – The Observer
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Read this book to Year 2 during library time. It's a funny rhyming book which is great for reading out aloud to children. Very colourful pictures with some great describing words.
i like it because it is funny
this is a very funny story, i like it.
This is book is really funny. I like when he blows away with the fan. I like the end that he becomes a tree
It's very funny
I like the runaway pea’s adventure especially when it went into the fish bowl.
It was funny and amazing
My favourite person was the pea and would recommend it to everyone to read because it is a happy book.
I love it
I like the dog in the story
I love when the pea runs away doing all sorts of funny things. The pea is my favourite character
I think the book was good because when the pea when ‘spolsh’ it was funny because Adele spat him out!
I liked this book because the pea shows how no one should ever give up.
I like the bit where he jumps in the dog bowl and went spat! in the ketchup
This is a funny book and I liked the ending.
I love the funny story and the pictures
I liked it when Adele the fish spurted the Lea out of her fish bowl.
My favourite character is the pea who ran away. It's a book about adventure so he doesn't get eaten.
Its funny when he burns his bottom but its a happy ending as he grows some more peas
the picture is so cute
It makes me laugh. Tells a story about a pea that runs away
The pea grows into something new.
Funny
My favourite bit was when the pea's bottom was on fire! It always makes me laugh. The pea fell splat in the puddle of sauce, it was funny.
I love this
Very funny
This is book is very funny. The pea jumps off the plate being naughty. He has an adventure. He becomes a pea plant
Funny story about what happens when food falls off your plate!
It’s funny all the things that the pea does!!
I loved this book because it has lots of vegetables characters.