Fruits in Suits

PreS—A swim-suited strawberry extols the virtues of the many varieties of aquatic attire, from old-fashioned to modern, simple to silly. An oblivious grapefruit in a business suit wonders why his outfit isn't the right kind until the strawberry explains that a bathing suit is what's needed for a day at the pool, "unless…you swim in your birthday suit!" This follow-up to last year's Vegetables in Underwear has a similar story structure. Readers will understand the grapefruit's problem, and the running joke, from the start. Although the text doesn't rhyme, it has a rhythmic quality. The short, descriptive sentences, printed in a vibrant and fun font, are accompanied by humorous illustrations of swimming, sunning, and surfing fruits. The digital images employ bright, summery colors to depict expressive fruits with cartoonlike stick limbs surrounded by crisp white space. Whimsical endpapers depict fruits in street clothes and then in suits.