Mortimer likes the taste of cauliflower, but he seems to think that eating it will bring him bad luck! When his best friend, Sadie, serves him a stew that contains cauliflower, she explains that he should try it...and he does...with disastrous results. Mortimer is more convinced than ever that cauliflower is the culprit. Sadie stays with him, there to understand, to help, and to do something to change his luck. What will happen when she serves him a "secret surprise" stew containing you-know-what? Will bad luck follow? Will positive thinking change his luck?

You will love the animals...the hippo is hilarious...and the mouse is...where is that mouse?

The Trouble with Cauliflower is one of the funniest, best illustrated stories we have read in years! We believe Jim Harris should win the Caldecott Medal for this book!

Internet Extensions:

Author Jane Sutton's Website
Koala Research Pictures
No Tree, No Me
Australia Koala Foundation
Koala Creature Feature
Fun Facts
Kids' Planet Koala
Koala Puppets
Coloring Pages
Koala Art
Koala Theme Pages for Kindergarten

Literature Connections:

Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott with Kids Wings Unit in Stepstone Stories

Someday is Not a Day of the Week by Denise Brennan-Nelson
with Kids Wings Unit in Reading Seeds

I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World. by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page with Kids Wings Unit available in Reading Seeds

The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning
with a Kids Wings Unit available in Reading Seeds

An 18 page Unit forThe Trouble with Cauliflower is part of a collection of 40 units in Reading Seeds.
The Unit Contains:
Crossword Puzzle
Vocabulary Development
Readers’ Theater
Character Page on Friendship and Trust
Multiple Choice Comprehension
A Four-Page Writing Lesson
Logic Puzzle
and MORE!