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If You Like...Peaches

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It's peach season! The end of the summer is the perfect time to enjoy one of my favorite fruits. If you love peaches too, check out some of these books!

Written by David Mas Masumoto and Nikiko Masumoto
Illustrated by Lauren Tamaki
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025. Picture Book.

One little girl learns about the stories contained by each peach's growth process, and of her family's experiences as Japanese Americans, as her grandfather teaches her about their family orchard.

Written by Gabriele Davis
Illustrated by Kim Holt
New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024. Picture Book.

After the loss of her mother, a grieving young girl learns how to make peach cobbler together with her grandma to surprise Daddy.

Written by Marie Tang
Illustrated by Seo Kim
New York: Random House Studio, 2024. Picture Book.

Tao Hua and her father lovingly tend to their peach tree, but when it fails to blossom one year, they are forced to move from their mountain home and find work in the city. As they adjust to their new life, Tao Hua and Baba learn their own adaptability and the resilience of their beloved peach trees.

Written by Shana Keller
Illustrated by Margeaux Lucas
Ann Arbor, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2022. Picture Book.

Polly is doing her best to help support her father who is off fighting in World War I. When she discovers that peach pits are used to make gas masks, she organizes a parade to collect the pits to help the war effort.

By Linda Joan Smith
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2025. 374 pages.

Scilla, an orphan in 19th century England, attempts to steal a delicious peach from an earl's garden. When she gets caught and is mistaken for a boy, she becomes the gardener's assistant. As she tries to keep her real identity secret, Scilla is conflicted over lying to keep her position because of her growing relationships with the other staff and her newfound love of gardening.
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