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32 pp.
| Boyds/Wordsong |
March, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-62979-103-6$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mique Moriuch.
Twenty-one poems about various fruits, vegetables, and other farmers' market items offer unconventional literary images, such as how potatoes are "crooked as a 'come here' finger," and how okra are "mouse-sized swords." The childlike perspectives of the poems are further upheld by simple, playful images rendered in acrylic and collage. Educators with school gardens may appreciate the book's cross-curriculum opportunities. Recipes are appended.