Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.

"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.

A father tells outlandish stories while trying to get his young son, who is a very picky eater, to eat foods he thinks he will not like.

In verse, Sam-I-am tells of the virtues of green eggs and ham.

"When dragons run out of tacos, they travel back in time to get a fresh supply"--

As Grace and her classmates study foods from other cultures, she has the opportunity to ponder such mysteries as whether Owen 1 is really bad or not, why she feels jealous when her father helps her best friend with her hot dog report, and how Augustine Dupre, her family's French boarder, can be so wise.

From her first bite, young Betty Bunny likes chocolate cake so much that she claims she will marry it one day, and she has trouble learning to wait patiently until she can have her next taste.

Rotten Ralph comes to appreciate Sarah's healthy cat food after he gets sick from eating out of trash cans.

"Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?"--

Because her eating habits cause some problems, Arturo the aardvark's younger sister has to stay home when her family eats out.