Books:   

Sweet Strawberries by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Jamberry by Bruce Degan

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood

The Very Bumpy Bus Ride by Michaela Muntean  

The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Tale by Joseph Bruchac (For an older crowd)

Oliver's Strawberry Patch by Antoon Krings

Good job, Oliver! By Laurel Molk

Our Raspberry Jam by David F. Marx

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey 

Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce

Activities: 

Strawberry Feltboard Activity from Making Learning Fun

POP Go the Berries

(Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)

All around the strawberry fields,

We picked some juicy berries.

We brought them home and washed them off,

Pop! - go the berries!

I Am A Strawberry

(Tune: I'm A Little Teapot)

I am a strawberry,

Red and sweet.

See all my seeds

And my cap so neat.

When I grow ripe

And ready to eat,

Pop off my cap--

A tasty treat!

Crafts: 

Mouse and Strawberry Picture

Give kids a large strawberry shape, copied and cut from red construction paper.

Also, yellow paint and a q-tip to add the seeds, and green crayons or markers so they can color the stem.

Give them a little grey mouse (NCLS Accu-cut "Mouse #2 sm") to glue to the bottom of their strawberry.

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Berry Basket Craft

Give each child a picture of a berry basket. Let them make thumbprints with a washable ink pad or paint in red, blue, pink and purple, to fill the baskets with berries.

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