I enjoyed the bold color illustrations. I'm not sure how young children would respond to the story, which is about a marital quarrel (though it ends in reconciliation). Perhaps best suited for slightly older readers.

Sure, it's a folk tale about where strawberries came from, but it's also an empowering story of a woman who says, "eff this, I'm out," when her husband comes home and is a dick about dinner. I mean, that IS the moral, yeah?

The First Strawberries was a dull story my eyes. The story is about a man and a women. The man goes and hunts and when he gets back he expects his women to be preparing their meal. Except for this time when he gets back from he sees her picking flowers. He approaches her angrily and he can not eat these flowers. The women was picking the flowers for her man and after hearing his words she decides to leave him. The man chases the women but the women is angry and much faster then him. The husband

A real sweet story of a couple who married, but when the husband came home from hunting, his wife was not ready to have his food ready, and she retaliated by leaving him. As she kept walking until the sun shined on some strawberries right by her feet. She stopped and tried one, and loved the sweetness so much, when her husband came, she shared them with him. A real nice and short story from the Cherokee tradition.

This is a lovely Cherokee folktale; I enjoyed it much more than I’d anticipated, especially since I don’t always appreciate creation stories. I do often like Native American folktales though. (I did just notice another book that appears to tell a version of this story so I would guess that this is a traditional folktale.)The illustrations are lush and beautiful, and the berries, especially the strawberries, look delicious. These are perfect watercolor paintings because without them the story wou...

The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac is an interesting tale of a man and his wife. Children will find this book extremely entertaining and easy to read. The story begins with a man and a woman, alone in the world and married. One day, the husband finds his wife picking flowers instead of cooking their meal. He becomes angry to which she does as well. She leaves him behind, to quick for him to follow. The sun decides to help the man reunite with his wife by shining a light on different fruit....

If you've ever wondered just how strawberries first came into the world, then look no further. In this gentle retelling of a Cherokee folktale, the sun resolves a quarrel between husband and wife by creating a series of delicious berries, culminating with a lovely fruit that looks like red fire in the grass. Bruchac's narrative, when paired with Anna Vojtech's serene watercolors, should please folktale enthusiasts young and old, even the ones (like me) who secretly prefer raspberries...

“The First Strawberries” is a Cherokee story retold by Joseph Bruchac along with gorgeous illustrations by Anna Vojtech and it is about how a man and a woman got into a fight and the woman ended up leaving the man and it is up to the sun to help get the couple back together. “The First Strawberries” is a truly heartwarming story about true love that children will enjoy for many years!Joseph Bruchac has done a wonderful job at retelling this Cherokee story about true love. Joseph Bruchac makes bo...

This was a Children's Picture Book Club read and I am so glad to have read it. The First Strawberries was a very enjoyable read. I loved the pictures. I could see nature reaching right out at me and almost felt like I could pick those berries. The story tells the truth about relationships. We don't always live in complete bliss. I think it is important for children to read about that sometimes. I also like that the couple makes up and children can learn that aspect of a relationship. I do not th...

It's so surprising they have a story like Adam and Eve.When the world was new, the Creator made a man and woman, so they wouldn't be lonely. I think it's sweet that when she said wouldn't live with him anymore, she walks west toward the sun& he follows her.It's sort of unrealistic how she'd be walking faster than a warrior.I like how the Sun watched the husband following her, and saw how sorry he was. He says he can't catch his wife to tell her he's sorry, and the Sun says it'll help.I didn't kn...

One observation: This book would work well with older ages, from 4-6th grade.One connection: This story inspires children to talk out there problems and seek help if needed.One question: Why did the author use fruit? What was the symbolism?One surprise: The "sun" helping the man get back to his woman.My personal opinion: This book was such a beautiful read. The story was easy enough to follow but also had surprises mixed in here and there. I would recommend it to anyone!

The native folktale, The First Strawberries, is about the power of friendship. It started out by introducing the one man and only women in the whole world, they were married and were happy and in love. One day the husband went out for a long day and returned hungry. He was surprised to find his wife picking flowers instead if making dinner for the two of them. The husband lashed out on her. Hurt by his words, she ran away from him. Immediately he regretted his actions towards his wife and tried

The reason I didn't like this book was because I thought that the reason for the argument was flawed. Had they had any other argument this book would have been good. However, the argument was as follows; the husband returned home from hunting to find his wife picking flowers instead of having dinner made so he gets angry. My question is this, how on earth would the wife have even been able to make dinner before the husband came home with the meat? Since he was out hunting they have obviously run...

Always be kind & quick to forgive 🖤

Still coming with the Cherokee and Creek children's books. A pretty good story and lesson and association with the strawberry. The artwork was really good too!

If it had been up to me it would have been "First Raspberries" because raspberries are my favorite and more "rare" than strawberries. :) But this was a very nice Native American folk tale with beautiful illustrations.

Confession: I can identify with this story probably too much. Woman becomes angry with the rudeness of her husband. We had a great short discussion with this American Indian folktale.

The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac and illustrated by Anna Vojtech is a folklore book that takes a look at an old Cherokee legend about how strawberries came about in our world. In this book, we learn about the legend of the first strawberries in which a man and a woman were quarrelling back and forth after the man goes off and hunts and comes back to the woman whom he expects to be fixing their meal, instead is picking flowers. When the woman talks about picking the flowers for him, she u...

"To this day, when the Cherokee people eat strawberries, they are reminded to always be kind to each other; to remember that friendship and respect are as sweet as the taste of ripe, red berries."This Cherokee legend is so heartwarming and simple for children to understand. Pair it with the absolutely gorgeous illustrations by Anna Vojtech, and it is exactly the kind of children's book every family should have in their collection.Peace on earth? Be excellent to each other, you guys. It's really

Loved this one. A retelling of a Cherokee tale, I laughed as I read some other reviews for this complaining that it wasn’t realistic and the details were inconsistent. Because the garden of eden and a talking snake make so much sense. I found this gorgeously illustrated and realistic in the sense that a man comes home, is annoyed dinner isn’t ready, acts like a jerk, wife storms off because she isn’t having that nonsense, and they both cool down and make up when he figures out he was an ass.