Sophie's Squash
  • Published: 17 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593181690
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $17.99

Sophie's Squash

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Paperback
17 Aug 2021
Hardback
15 Aug 2013
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Celebrate unique friendships with this playful story of the bond between a girl . . . and her squash!

Kids will love this playful story of of a unique fall friendship between a girl . . . and her squash!

A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Century

On a trip to the farmers' market with her parents, Sophie chooses a squash, but instead of letting her mom cook it, she names it Bernice. From then on, Sophie brings Bernice everywhere, despite her parents' gentle warnings that Bernice will begin to rot. As winter nears, Sophie does start to notice changes.... What's a girl to do when the squash she loves is in trouble?

The recipient of four starred reviews, an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, Sophie's Squash will be a fresh addition to any collection of autumn books.
  • Published: 17 August 2021
  • ISBN: 9780593181690
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 40
  • RRP: $17.99
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Praise for Sophie's Squash

Prasie for Sophie's Squash:

Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice Winner

Golden Kite Award for Fiction

"With lessons on life, love, and vegetable gardening, this tale will be cherished by children, and their parents will be happy to read it to them often."-- School Library Journal, Starred Review

"Sensitive but funny... Miller's easygoing storytelling taps into the familiar scenario of children making fierce attachments to favorite objects."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"This season-spanning turn with high-spirited Sophie offers endearing lessons about nurture and regeneration."-- Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

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