{"product_id":"when-green-becomes-tomatoes","title":"When Green Becomes Tomatoes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003eWe at Postscript truly believe that every child has an appreciation for poetry, and we just so often miss the opportunity to get the right books into little hands that will cultivate that appreciation. That's why \u003cem\u003eWhen Green Becomes Tomatoes\u003c\/em\u003e needs to be united with every small reader, new to articulating observations about the world. This book is, in our humble opinion, poetic perfection. The speaker of these poems is a small girl watching and feeling the seasons go by and responding to them often with delight but also not without disdain, reveling at every turn in the fun of language. In a poem entitled \"march 13,\" for instance, the speaker says simply:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003epolitely\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003ebut tired of mittens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003ei asked the winter to please tell the snow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003ethank you very much, but no\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003eThese short and small poems offer up a big personality that charms our socks off.  The illustrations by Julie Morstad, featuring a diverse little cast of children, are playful and soulful alike with a soft color palette and expert composition that will make kids and their adult companions linger over the pages, arrested by a marriage of text and image that demands a permanent home in our libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; font-size: medium;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47421195649173,"sku":"400000012537","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/9936\/0661\/files\/when-green-becomes-tomatoes__73935.1761674476.386.513.png?v=1780964186","url":"https:\/\/postscript.press\/products\/when-green-becomes-tomatoes","provider":"Postscript","version":"1.0","type":"link"}