Sophie's Squash

This is a beautiful children’s book about a little girl, Sophie, who chooses a squash from a farmer’s market. This squash is the perfect size to hold, to bounce on her knee, to put a face on with marker, to fall in love with. The squash begins to become freckled and less bouncy, and in an effort to......more

This is what happens when you take Wilson the volleyball from the film Cast Away and combine it with Where the Red Fern Grows.......more

Hey...does this star rating thing go beyond 5? It should sometimes. Like for Sohpie and her squash Bernice. I love this! You will too. One day when Sophie and her parents go to the Farmer's market, Sophie finds a squash that is the perfect size to cuddle and hold. Her parents had been thinking to hav......more

When Sophie and her parents purchase a butternut squash at the farmer's market, the young girl immediately adopts the piece of produce as her baby and best friend, naming it Bernice. Nothing her parents do can change her mind - she isn't interested in any other kind of companion or plaything. When B......more

Featured in a grandma reads session. Sophie has chosen her dollie. . . and it is Bernice, the squash. This works out nicely for some time, but eventually Bernice goes the way of all squashes, and well. . .uh . . .squashes. Luckily, Sophie seems to be a rather pragmatic girl and knows exactly what to......more