Of all the Pete the Cat books, this is one of my favorites. It subtly addresses so many little things that children face. First of all, Pete has a favorite food, bananas, and he wants to eat them all the time. Many children go through this phase, but Pete does it a little differently. He finds different ways to eat his bananas and combines them with different foods. The second subtlety is that he eats a bad banana and swears he will never eat them again. He tries a ton of different foods (again getting picky eaters to try things is shown here) but none come close to the banana. Then he goes to a race and sees his friend eating a banana. He asks his friend for one (giving second chances?) and finds it is not gross like the last one and once again loves bananas. Also I would like to point out that his friend is not a cat but a monkey. This to me shows that our friends can be different from us but we still have things in common (bananas in this case). I love all of the subtle messages in this story and it is an easy reader for children. ( )

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Pete the Cat loves bananas but he gets a bad one and refuses to eat any more until the day of his big marathon race. He then learns to love them again.

I enjoy Pete the Cat. He is funny. He knows what he likes and will not accept anything less. He has to relearn to trust again. ( )

After eating a bad banana, Pete the Cat decides he will never eat bananas again......but he likes bananas!

Kids who love Pete the Cat will love his easy readers. Bad banana has to do with kids and eating habits.