Cherries and Cherry Pits Author:Vera B. Williams Bedemmi loves to draw pictures with colored markers and write stories that always start "with the word THIS." Exquisitely decorated and deceptively simple, the book alternates between the narrator's spare descriptions and evocative watercolors, and Bedemmi's own captivating tales and vivid, imaginative drawings. The book's title refers to Bedemm... more »i's storiesall of which involve folks "eating cherries and spitting out the pits, eating cherries and spitting out the pits." What about all those pits? Bedemmi has an "important plan." She will plant them in her yard so they will grow "until there is a whole forest of cherry trees right on our block." Williams's latest work is another glowing tale of the transformational power of a child's creativity and love.« less