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The Runaway Pea Left Behind

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The Runaway Pea Left Behind by Kjartan Poskitt, and Alex Willmore

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By Kjartan Poskitt, and and, Alex Willmore

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28 reviews

We’re on the way back from a big shopping trip
But the bag’s caught a nail and it’s started to rip.
Dropetty PLOP! Now what could that be?
All on his own it’s a left-behind pea.
 
Disaster strikes when Pea falls out of the shopping bag . . . Is this the end? Is it ALL OVER FOR PEA?! Of course it’s not! Follow Pea as he journeys across the city on a skateboard, and bus, and even on the wings of a passing-by bird – and has the adventure OF A LIFETIME! Sometimes it pays to be small . . .
 
THE RUNAWAY PEA LEFT BEHIND is laugh-out-loud funny, bursting with imagination, and the most perfect third story in this much-loved series. The first book, THE RUNAWAY PEA, was chosen as BookTrust’s Time to Read book of 2020, being given to 775,000 children in the UK. 

Keep your eyes PEAled for more brilliant Pea books – The Runaway Pea and The Runaway Pea: Washed Away! 
 

Reviews

06 Sep 2025

It's funny

10 Aug 2025

Favorite character was the Pea!

08 Aug 2025

It's very very funny and we liked the rhymes

01 Aug 2025

If there was 10 stars I would rate it 10. I loved it when he pretended to be an egg in the birds nest. Also how he got stuck on the football and got kicked and he flung off.

31 Jul 2025

When the shopping bag ripped, a pea fell out and was left behind because it was too small to matter. It skated, flew, scored a goal on a football, bounced and rolled until it made it to the vegetable box before the rest of the veg from the shopping bag. Being small doesn’t stop you from getting there first.

14 Jul 2025

I found this after reading The Runaway Pea. It's a great sequel, just as funny. I love reading it at bedtime.

04 Aug 2024

It is very interesting and funny story line. It is a fiction book.
My favourite character in this book is Pea. Will recommend this book.

12 Feb 2024

Really good book I recommend it

29 Aug 2023

The pea is so funny, I like it very much

07 Aug 2023

it was funny because the pea got flinged up from a skateboard!

04 Aug 2023

My favourite part of this book was where the runaway pea scored a goal. I think this book is more suitable for 4-7 year olds. It was a good book.

30 Jul 2023

I liked it when the runaway pea went on a bus hahaha

27 Jul 2023

I really enjoyed this story, the pea went on a super journey and got to the house before the carrots.

05 Jul 2023

I loved it because it was such a fun adventure and the pea was in a bus, a skateboard and went to a nightingale nest it was so crazy and got to the same place as the carrots were.

29 Aug 2022

Yes

26 Aug 2022

I loved this book, it was so funny

22 Aug 2022

I like the pea.
Interesting story.
I will recommend this book to my friends

20 Aug 2022

I thought the book was funny
I liked the pea the best
yes I would recommend this book

13 Aug 2022

My thought was at the end the pea and the carrot are gonna hug each other and become friends. Yeah it was fiction I like the pea most. I might recommend it

11 Aug 2022

Lovely and fun book. Reading to my little brother too

03 Aug 2022

I thought that this book was very funny and this time the pea went on a big adventure outside. He visited lots of places and got home before the carrots which they were very angry about.

02 Aug 2022

I read this book with my dad

02 Aug 2022

The pea does funny stuff like going on a skateboard and there was a hole in the bag!

25 Jul 2022

I enjoyed this story and I liked the pictures. I love peas so this was funny to see a pea with eyes and a smiley face!

06 Sep 2021

We LOVE the runaway pea!!

04 Sep 2021

My favourite part was when the pea landed in the vegetable box and the carrots fell.

03 Sep 2021

Really funny book.

19 Aug 2021

Great sequel book with lovely illustrations of vegetables on an adventure!

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