Root Beer and Banana
Kindergarten-Grade 3-This nostalgic story opens on a hot summer day as Squirt and her grandfather, having fished to their limit, drive to Mister Mac's General Store on Main Street. While Mister Mac and Granddaddy visit together, she tries to decide between a banana and a root beer ice pop. She meets a girl named Miracle who has found a nickel and wants to buy an ice pop, but it costs 10 cents. Granddaddy pays for the treats, and the girls share their ices and swap stories like old friends. The soft edges and muted golden undertones of Shed's rich, full-page gouache paintings lend atmosphere to a childhood experience. The text is well laid out on pastel pages that further soften the art. A quiet, lyrical tale about friendship.-Linda Staskus, Parma Regional Library, OHCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.