Fruit Crazy
April 07, 2022
Go, Go, Grapes! by the late April Pulley Sayre was my pick (ha!) of the week for one of the classes where I volunteer. Subtitled "A Fruit Chant," it's a lot of fun to read aloud: "Rah, rah, raspberries! Go, go, grapes!/Savor the flavors. Find fruity shapes!" Each page has a large photo of delicious-looking fruit, and, as you can tell, the text is really a poem of rhyming couplets.
This particular group, a smaller combined class of K-2 kiddos, shares complements freely. One friend told me, "Nice job, Miss Susan," when I finished reading. The children enjoyed trying to remember all the different kinds mentioned, and I asked them what their favorite fruit was. "Ice cream!" replied another friend. "Oh, ice cream is delicious," I said. "But what about fruit?" After insisting again on ice cream, he eventually admitted to raspberries.
So, a poem of a book for a Friday during National Poetry Month. I recommend it!
The Poetry Friday roundup is at Janice Scully's Salt City Verse on April 8th.
Photo by Tomás Castelazo, from Wikimedia Commons. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.
Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant
April Pulley Sayre
Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster, 2012
It sounds like a fun book. Kids do like food. Some kid are more familiar with ice cream, I sometimes think. But after reading this book, who knows what they will try!
Posted by: janice scully | April 07, 2022 at 07:15 PM
Fun, for sure! We all enjoyed chanting, "Go, go, grapes!"
Posted by: Susan | April 07, 2022 at 07:40 PM
Love the rhythm! Thanls for sharing this title.
Posted by: Rose Cappelli | April 07, 2022 at 08:10 PM
Rose, I have to check out her book “Rah, Rah, Radishes!” too since we’re on a roll with these rhymes….a food roll. :)
Posted by: Susan | April 08, 2022 at 07:07 AM
I don't know how it is I've never seen this book--although I did just take THANK YOU, EARTH off the shelf. How gorgeous. She will be missed. Thanks, Susan.
Posted by: Heidi Mordhorst | April 08, 2022 at 07:09 AM
You are welcome, Heidi. I think pre-K 4s would like this one. APS’s books are great. Such a loss.
Posted by: Susan | April 08, 2022 at 07:56 AM
Another great poetry book about food! Go Go Grapes sounds like a hit with the kiddos.
Posted by: Margaret Simon | April 08, 2022 at 11:53 AM
For sure! Food always gives us a lot to talk about in class.
Posted by: Susan | April 08, 2022 at 12:55 PM
This looks adorable! I'm planting raspberry canes this year and now I have a cheer to help them grow!
Posted by: Laura Shovan | April 08, 2022 at 03:44 PM
Yes! That is a hoot, Laura. I might have to try to the same.
Posted by: Susan Thomsen | April 08, 2022 at 03:58 PM
I vote for ice-cream-fruit! Ha ha! I'm so glad you had a chance to read your pick to littles recently. It's really my favorite job in school.
Posted by: Linda Mitchell | April 08, 2022 at 04:29 PM
Linda, aren’t they the best! I really enjoy the “book discussions” after I read. A number of my friends loooove to chat.
Posted by: Susan | April 08, 2022 at 04:36 PM
I actually love raspberry ice cream so I can have it both ways. Looks like a fun book, Susan! Thanks!
Posted by: Linda Baie | April 08, 2022 at 06:43 PM
What a fun book. Love the chant.
Posted by: Jone R MacCulloch | April 08, 2022 at 08:37 PM
Go! Go! Grapes! and Go! Go! Kinders! Love their insistence on ice cream as a fruit! Permission enough for me!
Posted by: PATRICIA J FRANZ | April 08, 2022 at 11:24 PM
Haven't read this one in a while--along with Rah, Rah, Radish! Thanks, Susan :>)
Posted by: Laura Purdie Salas | April 09, 2022 at 07:34 AM
So fun! Can't wait to share this treasure with my Kinder poets. Your post reminds me of how much April will be missed. Her books are perennial favorites.
Posted by: Christie Wyman | April 09, 2022 at 08:54 AM
Linda B., yes to raspberry ice cream! Yum.
Jone, it's quite fun, and I think I'll go with APS's "Rah, Rah, Radish!" next week. The format gives us a lot to talk about.
Patricia, I'm with them, too! Homemade chocolate ice cream will be my new favorite fruit. :)
Laura, you're welcome! I have to thank the children's librarians at my library for having the book on display. That's how I chose it. Serendipity.
Ooh, Christie, let us know how it goes! I think the kindergartners will enjoy it.
Posted by: Susan | April 09, 2022 at 11:21 AM
I love that April's books are still delighting children! I'm going to her celebration of life at the end of the month and I'll carry your story in my heart.
Posted by: Mary Lee | April 09, 2022 at 05:01 PM
How nice to be able to attend that celebration, Mary Lee. APS left behind such a wonderful legacy of books.
Posted by: Susan | April 09, 2022 at 05:49 PM
Thanks for this preview - it sounds like a great book to read aloud with young ones!
Posted by: Elisabeth | April 10, 2022 at 05:12 AM
Susan, I will need to find this book for my grandgirls. In the meantime, they will like the chant because grapes are one of their favorite fruits. Thanks for sharing the book.
Posted by: Carol Varsalona | April 10, 2022 at 01:52 PM
Elisabeth and Carol, thanks for dropping by! I'll definitely keep this one in my read-aloud repertory.
Posted by: Susan | April 10, 2022 at 03:20 PM