5 Cherries illustrated by Kim Balacuit

5 Cherries illustrated by Kim BalacuitA book about two siblings who travel into the depths of their own imaginations through a simple game of make believe with a handful of cherries. A mother gives her two children five cherries each. One is a girl, one a boy, but they become hard to identify as the game goes on and they throw off traditional markers of gender identitya headband, a pair of shoesand their play becomes deeper and more revealing. The ungendered language of the imagination

but makes you want to head to the library and revisit or discover the great works she loves

Charm Patterns founder Gretchen Hirsch

ranging from the famous Solomon Northup to the virtually unknown Mary Reynolds

it soon becomes clear that this being can only sustain itself by stealing life from others

and an index

vivid look at the hidden world of winter birds

With their delightful colors

That’s the Rescue

Where will each land

” —WIRED

this book is sure to become the standard cook's resource for this new frontier

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