Watermelon Day by Kathi Appelt; Illustrated by Dale Gottlieb
	List Price:   $18.95 Unit Price:   $15.16 You Save:   $3.79 (20%) ISBN-10:   0805023046 ISBN-13:   9780805023046 Publisher:   Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Edition:   Revised, illustrated Category:   2012 USDA Approved NE Materials, Agriculture, Picture Story Bks, Picture Books Pub. Date:   March 1996 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover Ages:   4 to 7 Grades:   ps to
Description/Notes
CA 2012 USDA Approved NE Materials HOTM (Watermelon) Young Jesse grows impatient waiting for her watermelon to grow sufficiently so that it can be eaten when her pappy declares it is a watermelon day. 'This book is a love song to a simple pleasure and to a little girl who enjoys it as only a child can, dancing her watermelon dance and spitting seeds into the setting sun.' --School Library Journal There's a watermelon growing in the corner of the patch where the fence posts meet, and Jesse is waiting for it. Waiting for it to fill up with the cool summer rain and the hot summer sun. Waiting until at last it is ripe and ready for eating. Waiting until it is ready for her family's annual Watermelon day.