Little Parsley Essay by Joseph Bravo The youngest readers will delight

The youngest readers will delight in following the journey of the bright red apple—the only splash of color in the otherwise black-and-white illustrations—as it travels from tree

In this gorgeous and poetic celebration of one of nature’s greatest creations

far away like never before—through lyrical verse and meter

It turns out that garlic does more than keep away vampires

Little Parsley Essay by Joseph Bravo The youngest readers will delightContemplate a hedgehogs bristles, a crabs bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butterfly, and other wonderful images in Inger Hagerups poems."Gaugins original illustrations are attractively rendered in black line cartoon style with splotches of light green, royal blue, aquamarine, pumpkin, and mustard. The books appealing cover will engage children, and the poems might prompt them to create their own silly rhymes." School Library Journal,