Feast of Peas

by Sheth, Kashmira; Ebbeler, Jeffrey

• ISBN13: 9781682635285
• ISBN10: 1682635287
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-02-07
• Publisher: Peachtree

Summary

A vibrant and deliciously amusing suspenseful story set in India about food and gardening, anticipation, and generosity.

Every morning, Jiva works in his garden until the sun turns as red as a bride's sari. He plants peas and beans, potatoes and tomatoes, eggplants and okra in his vegetable patch. While his friend Ruvji admires his plants Jiva sings,

"Plump peas, sweet peas,
Lined-up-in-the-shell peas.
Peas to munch, peas to crunch
I want a feast of peas for lunch!"

But each time Jiva is ready to pick the peas for his feast, they're already gone. He tries making a scarecrow and a fence, but it's no use. Who might have taken them this time?

Author Biography

Kashmira Sheth was born in India and came to the United States when she was seventeen to attend Iowa State University, where she received a BS in microbiology. She is the author of several picture books, chapter books, and middle grade and young adult novels. In her free time, Kashmira enjoys gardening, traveling, and spending time with her family. She loves peas as much as Jiva and Ravji do. Not mushy bland peas but perfectly spiced and simmered peas. Peas paired with potatoes and corn. And crisp and crunchy peas plucked right from the vines.
 

Jeffrey Ebbeler, a graduate of Art Academy of Cincinnati, has been creating art for children for almost twenty years and has illustrated over fifty books. After college he worked for a puppet theater sculpting marionettes and performing. He also created many large-scale animal puppets for the Central Park Zoo. His favorite peas are sugar snaps, which he grows and sometimes eats right off the vine.