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Product Description Mrs. Peanuckle’s Fruit Alphabet introduces babies and toddlers to the colorful foods that will help them grow up to be healthy and strong. Children and parents alike will want to devour the fun facts and charming illustrations of fruits from the familiar banana to the not as familiar yumberry. Mrs. Peanuckle’s Fruit Alphabet is the second in a series of board books celebrating the joy nature brings to young children at home and in the backyard, from fresh fruits and vegetables to birds, bugs, flowers, and trees. From School Library Journal Baby-Toddler—"A is for Avocado. Bet you thought I'd say apple! Both are fruit because they grow on trees." And so begins the mouth-watering abecedarian that highlights nature's juicy and delectable Fruits. From asparagus to zucchini, the greens get the ABC treatment in the Vegetable entry. Both offerings feature smiling subjects rendered with paint, runny ink, colored pencil, and digital art. The humor mostly hits the mark, and the vivid illustrations just might convert picky eaters.—Shelley M. Diaz, School Library Journal Review "A wonderful collection of fruit from all around the world...Bold colors, textures, and smiling faces make the fruit look spirited and playful..There is so much interesting information."--Kirkus “These engaging volumes provide a good deal of information...entertaining geometrical illustrations” -- The Horn Book About the Author Mrs. Peanuckle loves to write, talk to animals and birds, and putter in her garden. She has a vast assortment of children and grandchildren (some of them pets and some of them imaginary). She also collects rocks, shells, books, and eccentric friends. When she is not traveling and exploring the universe, you can find her cooking and eating while singing in her magical cabin in the woods. Most of all, she loves to laugh.Jessie Ford is an English illustrator whose colorful view of the world has been brightening up people’s lives for more than a decade. Her graphic shapes, bold color palette, hand drawn typography, and textured layers create a handmade effect that has been commissioned by clients such as Abrams, Volkswagen, Samsonite, Unilever, and Westin Hotels. She lives near the sea in Brighton with her boyfriend, Emile, and their giant ginger cat, Hal. Visit her online at sugarsnapstudio.co.uk.