Eat Your Peas - Written by Kes Grag & Nick Sharratt

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I think this book is suitable for children from four to six. We can see the cover of the book is quiet colorful, and it is obvious to know the main content by looking the picture. It is a story talking about that a mother wants her child to eat peas which the child hates it very much. The mother tries to persuade the child to eat peas by giving more and more presents, but it doesn’t work at all since the child insists not to eat it. Finally, the child thinks of a good way to make her mother giving up.

From the perspective of psychoanalytical criticism, the book shows the human nature of being treated fairly. We deeply hope other people can treat us in a way what we like, and we will be angry if we are forced to do something. In this book, the child refuses to eat the hateful peas, no matter how the mother allures her. Finally, the child agrees to eat the hateful peas only if her mother also eats something she hates. It is very funny to me since it just like a sort of revenge. And also, I think children will like this book very much because they will feel good then they realize that it may be the way to refuse something what adults ask them to do in the future!

Furthermore, the illustrations of the book are plentiful and cute. The colorful pictures attract children to read the book. In addition, we can see more and more same stuff appear in the book when the mother allures her child. In this way, child may be willing to read the book since they can keep accounting how many the same things is. I believe children will feel exciting when they see something which also attract them appear in the book more and more time. As a result, I think the book is very successful. Also, the names of different stuffs repeat several times in the book, and it can teach children a lot of vocabularies. Therefore, I think it is a good book for children to read.