Books with title Strawberries

Twelve-year-old Darby loves living on her family's strawberry farm. But a big storm is coming, and it threatens to destroy everything she and her family hold dear.Darby is twelve years old and has Down syndrome. Her favorite things are music, chocolate, and her big sister Kaydee. It's a big weekend for Darby. It's time for their annual chocolate hunt, and it's all she can think about. Well, that and spending time with her big sister. But this year Kaydee's friend Lissa is staying over for the weekend, and she seems to be stealing all of Kaydee's attention. And to make things worse, the strawberry farm is hit by a tornado. Suddenly, it's as though both the chocolate hunt and her sister are slipping away from her. Although the family is prepared for the tornado, they aren't prepared for the storm of emotions that surface when a truth is brought to light. With tension rising within the family, can Darby mend what's been broken when it seems like no one is listening to her? A Storm of Strawberries is a warm, thoughtful, and empathetic novel from acclaimed author Jo Cotterill.

The Zimmermans are a Maine family that adopted three children from different parts of the world. Six-year old Yuna was born in Korea, seven-year-old Diego came from Guatemala, and nine-year old Maila, who uses a wheelchair, was born in Somalia. They love to adopt animals, too, and with a mom who's a vet, they're always ready for more! Plus, the kids know something their parents don't: Maila can communicate with animals telepathically, and learn about each species' particular view of the world. So when a baby squirrel gets hurt falling out of a tree in their backyard, they name her Strawberry for the patch of bushes she fell into, and decide to nurse her back to health. It turns out that squirrels are great at mental maps, so they can give you driving directions, or help you build huge Lego cities. They find out that squirrels gnaw all the time, so if you give them a chair, they might just think it's a snack! And they're fun-loving and small, so one might just hitch a ride in your backpack to school. But squirrels love their families, too. Can the Zimmermans help Strawberry get back home?

Blood Red Strawberries is a journey of fascinating, exploratoryand exquisite poems of the highest caliber. Yaara Ben-David’s sixthcollection speaks with an elegant tongue – it is bound in simplicity asit exposes the complexities of daily life. It winds around the intimateplaces and extends to the collective.I buy myself rightsin this plot of timein which one always paysin blood-red strawberries…“With courage and sensitivity, love and straightforwardness, YaaraBen-David moves into the ‘Terra Incognito’ of relationships betweenchildren and parents. It is a bold and unique collection filled withwonder. It is as breathtakingly beautiful as it is inspiring.”– Haim Be’er (author)“Yaara Ben-David realizes Nietzsche’s advice to the artist is to integrateall forms of art. Her poetry is deep and resounding – sounds and imagesmesh with one another, creating a gorgeous verbal collage. Poetry at itsbest.”– Professor Ziva Shamir“Thanks to Yaara Ben-David for leading us into Alice’s world – intoWonderland. Blood Red Strawberries comes to us from the unseendepths and presents itself in a refreshing and unique voice. It widensthe heart and mind.”– Professor Nitza Ben-DovWinner of The Prime Minister’s Prize in 2013 and The TchernichovksyPrize in 1998, Yaara Ben-David is author of seven other books.