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The Runaway Pea

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The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt, and Alex Willmore

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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

Reviews

10 Nov 2025

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.

11 Sep 2025

i like it because it is funny

10 Sep 2025

this is a very funny story, i like it.

09 Sep 2025

This is book is really funny. I like when he blows away with the fan. I like the end that he becomes a tree

06 Sep 2025

It's very funny

06 Sep 2025

I like the runaway pea’s adventure especially when it went into the fish bowl.

04 Sep 2025

It was funny and amazing

03 Sep 2025

My favourite person was the pea and would recommend it to everyone to read because it is a happy book.

02 Sep 2025

I love it

31 Aug 2025

I like the dog in the story

20 Aug 2025

I love when the pea runs away doing all sorts of funny things. The pea is my favourite character

18 Aug 2025

I think the book was good because when the pea when ‘spolsh’ it was funny because Adele spat him out!

18 Aug 2025

I liked this book because the pea shows how no one should ever give up.

18 Aug 2025

I like the bit where he jumps in the dog bowl and went spat! in the ketchup

17 Aug 2025

This is a funny book and I liked the ending.

14 Aug 2025

I love the funny story and the pictures

09 Aug 2025

I liked it when Adele the fish spurted the Lea out of her fish bowl.

07 Aug 2025

My favourite character is the pea who ran away. It's a book about adventure so he doesn't get eaten.

06 Aug 2025

Its funny when he burns his bottom but its a happy ending as he grows some more peas

06 Aug 2025

the picture is so cute

02 Aug 2025

It makes me laugh. Tells a story about a pea that runs away

22 Jul 2025

The pea grows into something new.

20 Jul 2025

Funny

20 Jul 2025

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.

28 Apr 2025

I love this

04 Mar 2025

Very funny

25 Jan 2025

This is book is very funny. The pea jumps off the plate being naughty. He has an adventure. He becomes a pea plant

13 Jan 2025

Funny story about what happens when food falls off your plate!

12 Jan 2025

It’s funny all the things that the pea does!!

30 Dec 2024

I loved this book because it has lots of vegetables characters.

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