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K-3
Translated by Anna Celada.
After a mom gives her two sons five cherries apiece, they compare notes on what to do with them: "I'll give my super cannons super cherry ammunition! / And I'll make a super cherry pie." It's a droll (if over-extended) premise, and dynamic illustrations full of visible brushstrokes and colorful smears reflect the brotherly drama; too bad it's frequently hard to tell the brothers apart.
40 pp.
| HarperCollins/Harper
| November, 2016
|
TradeISBN 978-0-06-240359-9$17.99
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K-3
Each of the ultra-competitive Cherry twins, who live in a world of talking food, wants to win the Super Sundae contest; that they are joined at the stem is an extra challenge. The unspectacular story is improved by puns (Girl Cherry has a "pit in her stomach") and the quirky mixed-media art; who knew that sculpted clay could make such delicious-looking treats?
32 pp.
| Child's Play
| September, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-84643652-9$16.99
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K-3
Sacré bleu! Someone's been stealing the cherries off Chef Armand's pastries. He catches the thief, who resembles a blue porcupine (with cherry-topped quills). Thanks to some magic (which seems like a cop-out, plotting-wise), the adversaries become friends--and business partners. The story is like a fancy dessert: the largely whipped-cream-white art is frothy and appealing, but the calories seem empty.
32 pp.
| Harcourt
| April, 2004
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TradeISBN 0-15-216584-3$$16.00
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PS
A child documents, through the seasons, his observations of the "pie" tree in the backyard. Each page concludes with a disappointed "But no pie." Until "at last Dad says it's time for us to pick cherries." As they make the pie, Ehlert cleverly incorporates a recipe into the pictures devoted to its assembly--but no homemade endeavor could match the delectable design of these pages.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2004
4 reviews
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