Fruit Bowl
By (Author) Mark Hoffmann
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf
3rd September 2018
31st May 2018
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food
Nominated for New York State Charlotte Award 2021
Hardback
40
Width 254mm, Height 254mm
Who belongs in the fruit bowl Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas! Who belongs in the fruit bowl Apples, check. Blueberries, check. Tomato, che-- Wait, what! Tomato wants to join the other fruits, but does he belong The perfect mix of botany and a bunch of bananas! All the fruit are in the bowl. There's Apple and Orange. Strawberry and Peach. Plum and Pear. And, of course, Tomato. Now wait just a minute! Tomatoes aren't fruit! Or are they Using sly science (and some wisdom from a wise old raisin), Tomato proves all the fruit wrong and shows that he belongs in the bowl just as much as the next blueberry! And he's bringing some unexpected friends too! "A fun, brain-teasing food literacy lesson that's a cornucopia of produce and wordplay."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "An a-peel-ing addition."--School Library Journal
"In his first foray as writer and illustrator, Hoffmann (illustrator ofYou Can Read) offers a fun, brain-teasing food literacy lesson thats a cornucopia of produce and wordplay."Publishers Weekly,starred review
"An a-peel-ing addition."--School Library Journal
Mark Hoffmann is an editorial and children's book illustrator and fine artist. He is currently a professor at Montserrat College of Art in the illustration department. He lives with his family outside of Boston. Visit him at studiohoffmann.com.