Each page in Sara Anderson's colorful 32-page board book Fruit features a mouthwatering morsel rendered in her signature cut-paper style, from cantaloupe to grapes... and 22 more fruits. Resident of Seattle's 108-year-old Pike Place Market for more than 30 years, Anderson lovingly handpicked each piece of produce from farmers' stands as models. The fruit names rhyme in sequence, making the book a lively read-aloud: Bananas-cherries-grapefruit-lime / kumquat-kiwi-Eat 'em up time! Look for the companion book Vegetables as well as the Spanish-English edition Frutas/Fruit. Delicious and nutritious! (Baby to preschool) A board book for babies, full of wholesome, hearty goodness. Market-fresh fruit sumptuous to the eye, named in playful rhyme that's delightful to the ears. This rhythmic nourishment will set baby on the right path to eating healthy food for years to come. Beautiful, colorful, cut-paper style images of fruit from pineapple to mango are presented in a rhythmic sequence: Huckleberry-strawberry- watermelon-plum/ apricot-mango Let's have some! In this book, the juicy sensuousness of fruit comes alive and drips down your chin! --amazon Along with the companion book, Vegetables, these are my twin toddlers favorite books right now and I don't mind reading them over and over. It's not often you find a board book that has been laid out so thoughtfully and artistically. I would happily frame the pictures and hang them on my walls if I could find the prints. The color schemes, texture, shading, and details of each illustration make them very artistic compositions. I think you can learn a lot about art by studying the illustrations. --good reads This was cuter than I'd anticipated. My newborn loves to stare at these pictures. --good reads A scrumptious first feast for eyes and ears of toddlers young and old Sara Anderson is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator who comes from a well-traveled world of eccentricity and sensual beauty. Her many and varied stories are told from her experience of fall in the Northeast, of the Deep South's swamplands and bayous, of the streets of Manhattan, of the farmers' markets of the West Coast, and of blissful days of swimming in tropical oceans. Her books reflect years of paying attention to, and finding delight in, the exotic and the everyday. Through a long career of design, product development, and now storytelling, she pursues the marriage of art and industry with enthusiasm and vigor. Her design work has been featured in the retail world of Takashimaya; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Crate & Barrel; Sur la Table; and Target Corp. Sara has supported UNICEF with her work for more than 25 years and is now working on The Literacy Project, furthering her deep belief that the quality of literature provided to children will shape our world to come.