Root Beer and Banana

by Sarah Sullivan

Book Overview

Sarah Sullivan's lyrical text and Greg Shed's warm, nostalgic illustrations lend a southern flavor to this gentle tale of friendship and small kindnesses. Mister Mac's ceiling fan stirs the heat while the ice-cream freezer hums its steady tune. Cold air hits my face when I slide the door open. It's summer on the river, hot enough to melt the tar on the roof, and Squirt is happy to be at Mister Mac's General Store, where her grandfather is treating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763617482
• ISBN13: 9780763617486
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.6"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

great story

I bought this for my daughter when she was 3. She loves the story so much, we read it often.

Ice Pops and New Friends

Squirt can't decide which flavor of ice pop she wants, root beer or banana. So, she goes outside to think it over. Outside she meets Miracle, who has come to buy an ice pop with her found money. The only problem is she doesn't have enough. Find out what Squirt does for Miracle and what she gains for herself in return. It's a hearwarming story about kindness and friendship.