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Why, yes: I do like fall best. It is just the superior season. I won’t be entertaining arguments.

Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller

Sharing the Bread: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Story by Pat Zietlow Miller

September 23, 2021 by NTE Leave a Comment

Some kids are quirky; Different. In Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller, Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf, Sophie is one of those kids. Instead of letting the squash her parents bought at the farmer’s market be relegated to their dinner table, she decides instead that the squash is just the right size to love; to “bounce on her knee;” to give a face, name Bernice & become her constant companion. After a while, & many library trips, garden somersaults, baby bottles, hugs and kisses later, nature […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food Tagged With: Anne Wilsdorf, autumn, cbr13bingo, fall, jill mcelmurry, libations, pat zeitlow miller, Pat Zietlow Miller, Picture Books, sharing the bread, Sophie's Squash, sopie and the squash

NTE's CBR13 Review No:36 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food · Tags: Anne Wilsdorf, autumn, cbr13bingo, fall, jill mcelmurry, libations, pat zeitlow miller, Pat Zietlow Miller, Picture Books, sharing the bread, Sophie's Squash, sopie and the squash ·
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