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Featured Books

Icy Watermelon/ Sandía Fría
by Mary Sue Galindo and Pauline Rodriguez Howard
Arte Publico Press, Bilingual Edition; 2001
ISBN 1558853065
Ages 3 to 8
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Hugo, María and Sarita enjoy gathering on the porch with their grandparents on Sunday afternoons and sharing riddles, jokes and stories while eating icy-cold watermelon.

Berenstain Bears and the Missing Watermelon Money (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3)
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2001
ISBN 0679892303
Ages 4 to 8
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Farmer Ben’s watermelons are too big to steal, but his money from selling them isn’t. Join the ever-popular bear cubs as they assume the role of Bear Detectives and get hot on the trail of watermelon seeds to solve the mystery.

Watermelon Wishes
by Lisa Moser and Stacey Schuett (Illustrator)
Clarion Books
ISBN 9780618564330
Ages 5 to 8
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Charlie and his grandfather spend a whole summer biking, fishing, playing basketball and waiting for the "Wishing Watermelons" they planted in the spring to grow. This multi-generational book is an introduction to talking about nutrition and different ways of being active during the summer.

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