The Tiny Tale of Little Pea

PreS-Gr 1—Little Pea was born tiny. Teeny tiny. His bath was a cereal bowl, his bed a matchbox, and his transportation? A windup car (a nod to Stuart Little here). These clever adaptations worked well until school, where he was too small for just about everything. With no offers of accommodation, he spent a lot of time alone, drawing. "Poor Little Pea. What will become of him?" his teacher wondered. Readers don't have to wait: turn the page to see a grown-up Pea. He has built himself a cozy cardboard house and goes to work as a postage stamp illustrator. The message is "one can never be too small to be a GREAT artist!" The best part of the book is the tiny life hacks on display in Little Pea's world. Mourrain's digitally colored pencil drawings depict a ladybug on a leash and matchsticks as the legs of a bottle-top table.