How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers*

These illustrations are phenomenal!! Mr. Freymann ventured into New York to discover "expressive produce".  Then using an Exacto knife, he created expressive sculptures.  For the eyes he used black-eyed peas.
Amazing works of art!!!
With rhyming text and very expressive fruits and vegetables, readers will enjoy relating to the various feelings displayed.
*Highly recommend.
Borrowed from the library.
Strategy: Daily CAFE website recommends using this book to model "use prior knowledge to connect with text" for first grade.   On the website they have a "brief focus lesson" available for the 1st grade level using this book.