Thursday, September 13, 2012

D.W. the Picky Eater

By Marc Brown (1995)






This was another story I read to the class one afternoon while we were waiting for dismissal.  It was a cute story about Arthur's sister D.W. who was a very picky eater.  She HATED spinach even though she had never tried it. One night she goes out to eat with her family and throws a tantrum because there is spinach in her salad.  Her parents made her stay at home with a babysitter the next time they went out.  The next morning Arthur had a tiny paper umbrella from the chinese restaurant.  D.W. began to wonder what she was missing and decided she would go out with her family for her grandma's birthday.  D.W. made a happy plate and ate her entire meal.  When her mother asked for the recipe the waiter said it was a pie crust with lots and lots of spinach in it.

I thought this was a cute story and every child could think of something they didn't like to eat even if they had never tried it.  While reading the story I remembered a time when my parents took our family out to dinner and one of my younger sisters and I caused a scene.  We didn't go out to eat for a month and it was something we usually did on Friday nights.  We learned our lesson to say the least.  The students in the class really liked the story and the illustrations as well.

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