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“When green becomes tomatoes,
and flowers become bees…“

This story takes you through a garden as plants grow and change throughout the seasons. With beautiful pictures and gentle words, this book is a perfect read for anyone who loves the magic of nature

This book celebrates the beauty of nature and the changing seasons. With simple, poetic language and beautiful illustrations, this book takes readers on a journey through the garden as they watch the magic of plants growing and changing. It captures the excitement of waiting for things to bloom and the joy of discovering new life.

June 15
“you can taste the sunshine
and the buzzing
and the breeze
while eating berries off the bush
on berry hands
and berry knees“

This book can be used as an introduction to poetry for younger students as well as an investigation of the changing seasons. Science and ELA can go hand in hand with this collection of poetry.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Season by Julie Fogliano was published in 2016. This is a collection of poems about the season. It touches on the tomatoes of summer, golden fall, and cozy winters. Each poem is titled with a month and a date. There are vibrate pictures with the rhythm of the words on each page.

June 30:
If you are wondering about me and where I could be on a day that drips hot and thick like honey walk down the river and around the bend to flat rocks, warm and waiting and there I will be and you will find me swimming.

I really likes the book and would implement it in my classroom as a way to introduce poetry. It can be very interactive especially in young readers and young grades. I would also do this accordingly to the dates that are in the book and coordinate fun activities to do with them. It is a great way to talk to students about the different structures of poems.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes is a poetry book and was published in 2016. This book is a collection of poems that depict the changing of the seasons throughout the year and how we change with the seasons as well. It goes from the beautiful blossoms of spring scenes to summer activities, to fall chills and the serene quiet of winter. With fast rhymes and beautiful imagery, this book brings poetry and the seasons to life.

June 15
“you can taste the sunshine
and the buzzing
and the breeze
while eating berries off the bush
on berry hands
and berry knees“

June 15
“you can taste the sunshine
and the buzzing
and the breeze
while eating berries off the bush
on berry hands
and berry knees“

This book can be used as an introduction to poetry as well as an investigation of the changing seasons. Science and ELA can go hand in hand with this collection of poetry.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Season by Julie Fogliano was published in 2016. This is a collection of poems about the season. It touches on the tomatoes of summer, golden fall, and cozy winters. Each poem is titled with a month and a date. There are vibrate pictures with the rhythm of the words on each page.

This book can be used as an introduction to poetry as well as an investigation of the changing seasons. Science and ELA can go hand in hand with this collection of poetry.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Season by Julie Fogliano was published in 2016. This is a collection of poems about the season. It touches on the tomatoes of summer, golden fall, and cozy winters. Each poem is titled with a month and a date. There are vibrate pictures with the rhythm of the words on each page.

june 15
you can taste the sunshine

I love how these poems flow. Nature poems are some of my favorites, and this really encapsulated all of the seasons. I like that they are titled with different dates.

This collection of poems covers the different seasons. The poems flow from one season to the next. Through the words and illustrations, you are able to see the shifting of the seasons. It uses lots of descriptive language.

This book is illustrated to match the tone of the poems

this book full of poetry also fills you with a calm sweetness. a great introduction to poems and the spring

I thought this book was so cute and I plan to use it in my classroom. The poem I chose is during the winter talking about snow.

Such cute book with different poems that are around different days of the year.

These poems are a collection showing adventure and fun. It goes through all of the seasons so it is good for teaching students about seasons and what each season looks like

“March 20: From a snow-covered tree, a bird singing“ This quote describes a typical cold March day!

Something I like about this book is the fact that it doesn't rhyme, I'd include this in my classroom to make children aware of this.

“When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons“ by Julie Fogliano, 2016. Poetry book. This book is a definite pick. This poetry book includes a poem for almost every day of the year describing what the world looks like outside. By the end of the book, you have read about all four seasons. This book creates great sensory/visual images so kids can picture exactly what the book is describing.

“you can taste the sunshine and the buzzing and the breeze while eating berries off the bush“

This book would be great for 2nd and 3rd graders. It's a great book to realize the dates and seasons that correlate together. It shows great pictures to show each season to explain the words. This book is longer so its more suitable for older elementary kids.

This is a poetry book. This book is very inviting for children. It helps children have imagination in what they are reading. Each page has a different date with the season which helps students see the imagery.

“ if you want to be sure that you are nothing more than small stand at the edge of the ocean looking out”

My favorite part was the end of the book when it wrapped back to March 20! I thought it was clever and a nice ending

I really enjoyed this book! I love how the poems progressed through the year with all different season and weather! It was unique though in that it was so specific about the time of year not just fall, spring, summer, winter; which I really liked

“august 3
if you want to be sure
that you are nothing more than small
stand at the edge of the ocean
looking out“

I would use this book in my classroom because it could strike up conversation of interest in different seasons and then I could do activities centered on my lesson plans.

When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons written by Julie Fogliano. This book is full of poems about the different seasons and varying days throughout these seasons. This poem rhymes and is set up in a way similar to a journal. It creates an image in your head that hits all your sense and brings up your memories about those days and seasons.

“June 15
You can taste the sunshine
And the buzzing
And the breeze
While eating berries off the bush
On berry hands
And berry knees.”