By Yangsook Choi
New York: Farrar, 2005. Picture book.
The white peaches grown in Puchon are the best in all South Korea, and a rare treat for a little girl who lives in the town. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the delicious fruit as she wishes. Then one day, after weeks of heavy downpours, the sky begins to rain peaches. Yangsook finds herself in peach heaven - until she remembers the farmers who have lost their harvest, and decides she must help them.
By Adam Rex
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2017. Picture book.
All the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.
By Alice Oehr
Minneapolis, MN: Scribble, 2022. Informational.
Learn all about produce in this delightful child's tour of a food market, full of fun facts, delicious new discoveries, and charming characters. A loving ode to the people who bring food to our table and connection to our community.
By Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Sara Palacios
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021. Picture book.
The little girl loves visiting her grandfather in Cuba and singing his special songs to sell all kinds of fruit: mango, limón, naranja, piña, and more! Even when they're apart, grandfather and granddaughter can share rhymes between their countries like un abrazo --a hug--made of words carried on letters that soar across the distance like songbirds.
By Huw Lewis Jones
Illustrated by Ben Sanders
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2021. Picture book.
This is Apple. He's not a normal, nice kind of apple. Not a peaceful piece of fruit, no siree. He's rotten to the core. A truly terrible piece of fruit is wreaking havoc far beyond the rim of the fruit bowl. Bad Apple is dead set on making life miserable for Pear, Plum, Cat, and Spoon, and it seems like no one will stop him. He pinches, steals, and breaks his way through the kitchen--until he encounters Snake. Could Snake be a match for the most mischievous snack in the house?
By Roald Dahl
Illustrated by Quentin Blake
New York: A. A. Knopf, 2002. Fiction. 146 pages.
A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.
By Carries Tillotson
Illustrated by Estrela Lourenço
New York: Flamingo Books, 2022. Picture book.
A banana wants to be the star of this rhyming counting book, but the narrator has other plans.
By Andy Shepherd
Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
New York: Yellow Jacket, 2018. Fiction. 212 pages.
When Tomas discovers a strange old tree at the bottom of his grandfather's garden, he doesn't think much of it. But he takes the funny fruit from the tree back into the house and gets the shock of his life when a tiny dragon hatches! The tree is a dragon fruit tree, and Tomas now has his very own dragon, Flicker! While Tomas finds out that life with Flicker is fun, he also finds that it is very...unpredictable. Tomas has to learn how to look after Flicker---and quickly! And then something extraordinary happens: more dragon fruits appear on the tree! Now it's official, Tomas is growing dragons.
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