Books like Now I will never leave the dinner table by Jane Read Martin
When her perfect older sister demands that she remain at the dinner table until she finishes her spinach, a young girl named Alice becomes consumed with frustration and decides to devise a plan to get rid of her sister. The story explores themes of food habits and family dynamics through the eyes of a young girl who is forced to endure her sister's demands.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Jane Read Martin
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