Leo Landry - Eat Your Peas, Ivy Louise

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Eat Your Peas,
Ivy Louise! written & illustrated by LEO LANDRY Houghton Mifflin Company
Boston

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Copyright 2005 by Leo Landry
All rights reserved. For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to
Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003. www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com The text of this book is set in Sassoon Sans.
The illustrations are watercolor & pencil on paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Landry, Leo.
Eat your peas, Ivy Louise / by Leo Landry.
p. cm.
Summary: Ivy Louise's parents encourage her to eat, unaware that the tiny green peas are
performing a circus on her tray.
ISBN 0-618-44886-1
[1. 2. 2.

Food habitsFiction. 3. CircusFiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L2317357Eat 2005 [E]dc22 2004009210 ISBN 13: 978-0618-44886-9 Printed in Singapore
TWP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 for Ivy Louise It was dinnertime. "Eat your peas, Ivy Louise," said Mama. "PEAS!" said Ivy Louise.

Ivy Louise rolled her peas around and around her tray. "That's right," said Mama. "Eat your peas." "PEAS!"
said Ivy Louise. Ivy Louise watched the peas roll around on her tray. The peas quickly formed a pyramid. "Ladies and gentlemen..." he cried. "Children of all ages..." "Presenting the amazing, stupendous Tender Tiny Peas!" "PEAS!" said Ivy Louise. "Good girl," said Papa. "Eat your peas." And the Tender Tiny Peas performed their best circus acts, right on Ivy's tray. The ringmaster continued. "High above, may I direct your attention to Jumpin' Dave!" SPLASH! "Victor will now attempt to lift a mighty load..." "Bravo!" "Just marvel at those super-snappy, roly-poly acrobats." "Here come the clown peas... Watch out, Ivy Louise!" "And now, for our final act of daring and courage," said the ringmaster, "the Tender Tiny Peas will make our exit, with your help, Ivy Louise." The peas gathered together in Ivy's spoon. now! "Now!"
yelled the ringmaster. "PEAS!"
screamed Ivy Louise,
and... BAM! She pounded her fist on the handle of the spoon. BAM! She pounded her fist on the handle of the spoon.

The peas rocketed into the air, perfectly aimed at the kitchen window. "Goodbye, Ivy Louise," they called. "Goodbye!" PEAS Out the window they flew, landing in the warm summer grass. Dinnertime was over. "All gone!" said Ivy Louise. "Tomorrow night, we'll have..."

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