Spring is for Strawberries is a lyrical picture book celebrating produce seasonality through the lens of an urban farmers market and the farmers who grow food for it. This illustrated picture book follows the budding friendship between two girls who meet at their local farmers market and reminds us that food is the great unifier of all humankind. When a farm family brings their spring crops to a city farmers market, the farmer's daughter befriends the daughter of a neighbourhood family doing their weekly shopping. Over the course of a year, the girls explore the bounty of each season. Sweet spring strawberries and crisp, fresh greens make way for corn on the cob, peppers, and a rainbow of tomatoes. Fall brings pumpkin patches and the crunch of apples. The friends part at the final winter market, already looking forward to the sweet red strawberries that will unite them again next spring. Katherine Pryor's lyrical celebration of seasonal local foods is brought to life by Polina Gortman's portrait of a growing friendship between two children from seemingly different worlds. Spring Is for Strawberries reminds us to seek pleasure in the changing harvests around us, and that all things-even friendships-have seasons worth waiting for. AGES: 4 to 8 AUTHOR: Katherine Pryor is the award-winning author of several children's books celebrating food and gardens. She shops her local farmers market with her family every chance she gets. Katherine lives on a island in Washington State. Polina Gortman is a children's book illustrator living with her family in the evergreen Pacific Northwest. Polina enjoys sketching from nature, reading, and visiting local farms to pick yummy veggies. SELLING POINTS: . An illustrated tale of a friendship between children from the farm and from the city meeting at their local farmers market . A celebration of local seasonal foods as experienced by children over the course of one delicious year . Promotes families harvesting and eating together in a charming, fun read-aloud story
