Give Peas a Chance

Fourteen clever tales, featuring a host of Morris's beloved characters and some new ones! While Ginger and her dog, Anthony, organise the ultimate party, Wilton the worm meets Aristotle the nose germ in an unexpected location and Ben tries to save the world by not eating his vegetables.

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2008
Winner of Canberra's Own Outstanding List (COOL) Award Older Readers 2008
Short-listed for Kids Reading Oz Choice (KROC) Award Older Readers 2008
Short-listed for Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) Older Readers 2008
Short-listed for Young Australians' Best Book Award (YABBA) Older Readers 2009
Nominated for Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALA) Older Readers 2009

"A brilliantly funny writer." -- The Sunday Telegraph
"Gleitzman's short stories bring together humor, current events, whimsy, and food for thought. Story topics run the gamut from babysitting for infant twins to a creative solution for global warming, a dad who's new to text-messaging, and germs going on vacation. Gleitzman rises to the challenge of narrating his own work. He knows each character intimately and brings nuances of voice, inflection, and timing to each, resulting in richer characters and deeper engagement for listeners. The pace is brisk; in fact, the combination of zany stories and Australian accent and word usage can cause brief moments of scrambling to make all the connections. The effort is well worth it." -- AudioFile Magazine

Morris Gleitzman grew up in England and came to Australia when he was 16. He was a frozen-chicken thawer, sugar-mill rolling-stock unhooker, fashion-industry trainee, student, department-store Santa, TV producer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now, after 42 books, he’s an internationally bestselling children’s author. In 2018 and 2019 he was the Australian Children’s Laureate. Morris Gleitzman grew up in England and came to Australia when he was 16. He was a frozen-chicken thawer, sugar-mill rolling-stock unhooker, fashion-industry trainee, student, department-store Santa, TV producer, newspaper columnist and screenwriter. Then he had a wonderful experience. He wrote a novel for young people. Now, after 42 books, he’s an internationally bestselling children’s author. In 2018 and 2019 he was the Australian Children’s Laureate. Ruth Schoenheimer is an actor, singer and mother who has read countless children's books in her time, but was particularly thrilled to narrate Give Peas a Chance as she's a big fan of Morris Gleitzman.

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