Some of our favorite books.

Here are some of the books we have enjoyed reading. We hope you enjoy them too.

When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel - first there's a river to cross that's wider than Texas...and then there are hailstones as big as plums... and there's even a drought sure to crisp the cherries. Those poor pippins! Luckily Delicious (the non-edible apple of Daddy's eye) is strong--as young 'uns raised on apples are--and won't let anything stop her father's darling saps from tasting the sweet Oregon soil.

From the still chill of a winter night to the ra-ta-ta, ra-ta-ta-too of a lively vegetable stew, these twenty whimsical poems celebrate the joys of a garden from start to finish. A tour de force of imagination, I Heard It from Alice Zucchini invites you to join in the Pea Pod Chant, wander through the Rhubarb Forest, dance with the Dainty Doily Dill Weed, gossip with Alice Zucchini, and hold your breath on the pumpkin's enchanted evening.

When Sal and her mother decide to gather blueberries for winter, little do they realize that there are others on Blueberry Hill with the same idea. There's quit a mix up in trying to figure out who's mother is whose and who keeps eating all those blueberries.

When a hungry soldier appears in town, the grown-ups tell him there's nothing to eat. But with a little ingenuity and some help from the village children, the soldier concocts a plentiful brew, all the while singing a wonderful song. Before long, there's enough to feed the whole town.

"Step right up with what you've got
Add some STONES to the big soup pot."

Look for these and other great books to read at your local library or favorite bookstore.