By Alex Latimer (author) , Alex Latimer (illustrator)
"Star-crossed food friends convince their fellow fruit and veg to give peas peace a chance"
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This is the story of a forbidden friendship that leads to reconciliation between two sides who’ve been at loggerheads for as long as anyone can remember.
Grape and Mushroom are best friends, but they can’t play together because the Fruit and the Vegetables just can’t stop fighting. Their only hope is to visit the Wise Old Cheese on the Top Shelf of the fridge, something no morsel has ever managed before.
The journey is arduous and full of peril, and when they finally reach the top shelf, the Cheese is sleepy (and rather whiffy). Despite their fears, he comes to help in all his mouldy glory. Peace is established and nowadays Fruit and Vegetables get on really well, and if things do get tense, there’s an old Mushroom and a shrivelled Grape ready to set a different example …
The story is deliciously silly, packed with jokes and preposterous situations, but with an important message about tolerance and understanding too. It’s also lots of fun to look at, Alex Latimer giving his cast of tasty characters real character.
The Fruits and the Vegetables have been fighting FOREVER! But best friends Grape and Mushroom decide it's time for things to change. They meet in secret and hatch a plan to end the fighting once and for all. And so they set off on an epic journey to the very top of the fridge to ask the legendary Wise Old Cheese for help-that is, if he even exists. Join these tiny peace envoys on their courageous mission as they eventually find the solution in an unexpected place.
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A laugh-out-loud picture book about conflict resolution. Food Fight will have children in fits of giggles while simultaneously stimulating discussing the difference between fruits and vegetables.
'Hilarious, Grape and Mushroom truly achieve peas on Earth.' - David Litchfield
Alex Latimer is an award-winning writer and illustrator based in Cape Town, South Africa. He has written and illustrated dozens of picture books which have been published all around the world. He has two daughters who read his books to make sure they’re fun and interesting, and a dog named Bernie who goes along on walks with him when he can’t think of any good ideas. Alex loves dinosaurs, space, the sea, and all of the fruits - but only some of the vegetables.'
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The Fruits and the Vegetables have been fighting FOREVER! But best friends Grape and Mushroom decide it's time for things to change.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Food Fight and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
Food Fight features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Recommendations, Cooking / Food, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Practical interests, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fiction PSHE Titles, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Food Fight was written by Alex Latimer and published by Oxford University Press
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