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Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea
By Lee Fox
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Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea

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Jasper McFlea will simply not eat his tea, no matter how hard everyone tries to make him! Jasper and his sister, Ginger, are twins with wildly different tastes when it comes to food. While Ginger has a hearty appetite and eats almost everything, her brother Jasper refuses to eat anything except pasta. Jasper is also a budding cricketer, and as the final match of the season gets closer, Ginger makes a dire prediction about Jasper's sporting future if he doesn't change his culinary ways.. As well as being a fantastically entertaining read-out-loud story, Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea will resonate with a vast audience of children and their carers, and will be useful for anyone who deals with this difficult and sensitive issue.

ISBN: 9780734410993
Classification: Picture storybooks , Personal & social issues: body & health (Children's/YA)
Format: Paperback (282mm x 211mm x 4mm)
Pages: 32
Publish Date: 1-Mar-2009
Country of Publication: Australia

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0 star rating by Boomert - Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea by Lee Fox 18 Jan 2010
JasperMcFlea is a companion volume to the popular picture book, Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, by the same author. Ella Kazoo looked at the issue of a girl who had uncontrollable hair and this new title addresses another perennial conflict: a child who has a limited diet. Jasper will only eat pasta and it is affecting his performance in cricket. His twin sister, Ginger, is a goody-goody who eats a wide variety of foods, even parsnip and spinach. The family eventually take Jasper to Doctor McTavish, who gives him the secret of eating—tasting. I am a little sceptical that this ‘secret’ would actually work, but maybe it is worth parents trying it if they have fussy eaters. The book could also be used by primary schools, kindergartens, and early childhood centres, to complement their programs on healthy eating. Humour is created by both the rhyming text and the illustrations. The illustrations are cartoon-like, using white space—instead of framing—to separate them from each other. They emphasise facial expressions and movement to create a lively mood. This is a book aimed to amuse and teach young boys, in particular.

This review from Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine (March 2009, Vol 88, No 6.) is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker.

Author Biography: Lee Fox
Lee Fox's 2006 picture book, Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, was shortlisted in the Early Childhood category for the 2007 CBCA Awards, and her first young adult novel, Other People's Country, was published in 2008. Lee lives in Castlemaine, Victoria. Mitch Vane has been working as a freelance illustrator for twenty years. She loves illustrating children's books, and is also interested in most forms of visual storytelling - cartoons, book covers, packaging, design, and editorial illustrations.

Recent books by Lee Fox » View all books by Lee Fox

Ginger McFlea Will Not Clean Her Teeth
Ginger McFlea Will Not Clean Her Teeth, Paperback (March 2010)
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, Hardback (January 2010)
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, Hardback (January 2010)
10 Little Hermit Crabs
10 Little Hermit Crabs, Hardback (November 2009)
Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea
Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea, Paperback (March 2009)
Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea
Jasper McFlea Will Not Eat His Tea, Hardback (March 2009)
Other People's Country
Other People's Country, CD-Audio (August 2008)
Other People's Country
Other People's Country, Paperback (March 2008)
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, Paperback (June 2007)
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair
Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush Her Hair, Hardback (June 2006)
» View all books by Lee Fox
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