Meet Me at the Farmers Market

Meet Me at the Farmers Market

Author: Lisa Pelto

Illustrator: Paula S. Wallace

Publisher: Reading is Key Publishing

Publication Date: June 17, 2017

Length: 33 Pages

Suggested Level: Grades PreK - 3





About the Author
Lisa Pelto has been working with authors and small publishers as a publishing consultant and author services provider for over three decades. In Spring and Summer, she opens a booth at Farmers Markets and other festivals, and she loves sharing her authors' books with as many people as possible each weekend. 

It's Fun to Eat Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Learning Objective: Children will be made aware of where to find fruits and vegetables ( grocery store, fruit and vegetable stand, farmers market and garden.)

Seven-year-old Sophia and her mother grab their reusable grocery bags and travel to the farmers market each weekend in the spring, summer and fall. Sophia's mother has a long list of handmade and homegrown items that she wants to purchase.

Sophia loves to meet her friends at the farmers market and explore the many vendor's tables of delicious fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and meat. 

The market is much more than just a place to buy food. There are musicians entertaining the shoppers, face painting and balloon animals. The children visit "Annie's Treat's" to buy yummy popsicles and ice cream cones to beat the heat.

At the end of the day, Sophia and her mother leave the market with bags full of fresh food that will last them until their next visit.

My Thoughts  
This is an informative and entertaining book about an outing to the farmers market. The market is much more than just a place to buy food. It is also a place to meet friends and have fun. 

The beautiful watercolor illustrations add great value to the text. I read this book on a 7" Kindle e-reader. The formatting is excellent and allows the pictures to be "pulled out" to fill the entire sceen.

There is a large sign at the entrance of the market that says "Support Local". This book introduces children to an alternative to the common grocery store. 
All the food in the farmers market is grown by farmers in close proximity to the market. This guarantees freshness and quality that might not be available at the grocery store.

If you would like take a virtual tour of a farmers market, watch this video on YouTube:
KidVision Pre-KFarmers Market Field Trip.

This is a perfect summer-time selection for young readers.

MY RATING: 5 STARS OUT OF 5

FYI ~ I received a free digital copy of this book during a special promotion on Amazon.com.

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Oprah's New Book Club 2.0

I received my July Edition of O Magazine on Saturday and was happy to see that Oprah is starting a new book club. I read the article in the magazine about the first book club selection; Wild (Oprah's Book Club 2.0 Digital Edition): From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. I decided to join the thousands (millions??) of other people who are reading this selection.

There are several resources that are offered to interact with other readers and discussion groups.

You can sign-up for Oprah's Book Club 2.0 on Oprah's web site. You can access Oprah's personal notes, the author's scrapbook, photos and discussion groups from this page.

You can use the hashtag #oprahsbookclub to connect with other readers on Twitter.

You can also join the Oprah's Book Club 2.0 Community on Facebook.

You can watch a video that features Cheryl Strayed talking about her book at Wild Webisodes: Week 1.

What Is This Book About?

"At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State and to do it alone. She had no experience as a long-distance hiker, and the trail was little more than an idea, vague and outlandish and full of promise. But it was a promise of piecing back together a life that had come undone."

 Getting Started
I purchased the digital copy of this book last night. The digital copy is expensive ($12.99) but the book club edition includes Oprah’s personal notes highlighted within the text and a reading group guide.

I read the first chapter this morning and I am hooked. In the first chapter of the book, Cheryl tells about her childhood and the death of her mother. She expresses the deep grief that she felt when her mother died of lung cancer at a young age.

Will You Join Me?
Please share your thoughts in the Comments Section below. I will be blogging about this book over the next several weeks.

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