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3) I am bat
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A cherry-loving bat warns the reader to stay away from his favorite treat.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When five fruit-loving elephants spot a scrumptious hard-to-reach fruit high up in a tree, it's a race to see who can claim it first! But after one too many fumbles, the elephants begin to lose their cool, and the highly coveted fruit is whisked away by the teeny-tiniest of all jungle creatures--mice! The elephants soon realize they have a lot to learn from this cooperative little bunch.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When he gets hit in the head by a delicious red fruit, Baby Bear searches for more of this elusive treat until he finds the biggest red fruit of all, in this delightful story about first discoveries and always landing in a safe place.
Author
Publisher
Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ratty is an enormous rat who lives deep inside the crater of an extinct volcano nestled in the rain forest. One day, he spies a particularly delicious-looking fruit high in the treetops and sets out to reach it. From this high vantage point a spectacular view stretches before him--the world outside his mountain crater. In this big outside world, Ratty imagines, the fruit must be much sweeter, the bird songs more beautiful,and the other animals far...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Amused? Confused? Frustrated? Surprised? Try these feelings on for size."This is a book that asks all the right questions. And leaves you feeling great no matter what the answers are! Who'd have dreamed that produce could be so expressive, so charming, so lively and so funny?...Freymann and...Elffers have created sweet and feisty little beings with feelings, passions, fears and an emotional range that is, well, organic."
10) Avocado asks
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An avocado faces an identity crisis when it doesn't know if it's a fruit or a vegetable"--
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Princess Penelope Pineapple and her fellow princesses from the Fruit Nations are on a mission to rescue the Strawberry Kingdom's food from certain ruin, and surprisingly Penny's beloved bees are the key to saving the realm's produce.
Author
Series
Publisher
Clever Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Allie the snail lives in a tree and loves to eat the red apples that grow there. One day, she leaves her tree and discovers a rainbow of foods to try! Children will learn colors as well as the names of more than 75 fruits, vegetables, and other foods as they travel with Allie around the meadow.
15) A song of frutas
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Visit Mr. Manzano's fruit shop! Discover the fruit he sells, from figs to watermelons, in English and in Spanish! Which fruit would you buy?"--
"¡Visita la frutería del Señor Manzano! ¡Descubre las frutas que vende, tanto higos como sandías, en inglés y en español! ¿Qué fruta comprarías?"--
20) Peas on earth
Author
Series
Bad Apple volume 4
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"It's Christmas day and everyone is just so . . . jolly. Granny Smith has kick-started the caroling, and the Cheese family's merriness is grating to say the least. But it's the arrival of Pea and his extended family that really puts Bad Apple's goodwill to the test. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas . . . but how long can the Peas last? Packed with witty wordplay and illustrated with the deadpan drawings of Ben Sanders, Peas on Earth introduces...
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