Broccoli Is Trying To Kill Me

PreS-Gr 2–This delightful story immerses readers in the cloak-and-dagger world inside a refrigerator. As her father cooks dinner, a young girl’s aversion to vegetables comes to life as her imagination takes over. Convinced that her refrigerator, full of a variety of vegetables, is plotting her demise, she takes a treacherous trip through the shelves as alliteration is employed to give life and personality to each vicious veggie. Mushrooms are militant, brussels sprouts are brutish, spinach smothers, but none are as evil or imposing as broccoli. The girl’s only goal is to avoid broccoli at all costs, and her world stops momentarily when she comes face-to-face with her nemesis: broccoli hidden in the mac and cheese her father has made for dinner. She has to make a snap decision whether to face broccoli head-on or retreat. Not wanting to appear cowardly, she takes a bite and tastes sweet victory. The vividly colored, hand-drawn illustrations delightfully pull readers deeper into the story, making it wholly enjoyable.