Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Reading Rainbow) (Paperback)

by Mitchell Sharmat (Author), Jose Aruego (Illustrator), Ariane Dewey (Illustrator) "Once there was a goat named Gregory..." (more)
Key Phrases: Father Goat, Mother Goat

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Product Description
A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tincans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice.

About the Author
Mitchell Sharmat and his wife, the popular children's book author, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, live in Tucson, Arizona, a setting which inspired Mr. Sharmat's first book, Reddy Rattler and Easy Eagle. He says that the idea for this new story was planted while on vacation years ago, when a young goat started nibbling on this son's coat. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590433504
• ISBN-13: 978-0590433501
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,343 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite funny to very young kids, December 29, 2005

By	Anna M. Ligtenberg "AnnaLovesBooks" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Hardcover)

ISBN 0590075861 - Gregory, a young goat, likes junk food - all the stuff his parents don't want him to eat. They try everything, taking him to the doctor and even letting him stuff himself with junk food and getting a belly-ache from it. How can they get Gregory to stop eating carrots and eggs and salad and start eating proper, healthy food - like shirts and shoes and tires??

Kids will laugh at the backwards problem in the book and the illustrations, while not superb, ARE very funny. Added bonus, of course, is the message about eating balanced meals, always a hard sell to french fry fans.

- AnnaLovesBooks

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gregory the Terrible Eater, October 29, 2002

By	Travis (Bay City, MI) - See all my reviews

Gregory likes normal food; eggs, vegetables, fruit, and fish. Normal food, for a normal kid, right? Wrong! You see Gregory isn't exactly normal well not in his family's eyes. To them, normal food is tin cans, boxes, tires, and mostly garbage. Well that is normal food...for a goat. You see, Gregory is a goat and since he likes eggs, vegetables, and fruits his parents think he is sick. But Gregory just wants to eat what he likes. So since Gregory and his parents haven't had dinner together in a while (and mothers like to have dinner with they're kids) they decide to take him to Doctor Ram. Doctor Ram has treated picky eaters before but not like Gregory. Yet, he comes up with a solution. That is to feed Gregory what he wants but to sneak in a little bit of garbage every meal... It is a good moral to the story I think it might teach kids to try stuff before they decide whether or not the like it!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very amusing topsy-turvy story., February 12, 2002

By	David J. Gannon (San Antonio, TX USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Gregory, the Terrible Eater (Hardcover)

Gregory the Goat has an eating problem. He is a finicky eater. While his family chews contentedly away on good goat stuff-tin cans, empty cartons, used ties and so on, Gregory is busy eating "revolting" food from a goats point of view-fresh vegetables, fruit, salad, soup and so on.

What to do? At their wit's end, Gregory's parents concoct a plan-and the fun begins.

A very imaginative and engaging read, with fun dialog, bright, pleasing illustrations and a quirky sense of humor.