All About Peaches

Try one of these books to celebrate the harvest season!

Peach Cobbler Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2005-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 0758201540 CHECK CATALOG Hanna Swensen takes on an unexpected new role as prime suspect in Joanne Fluke's latest, most satisfying mystery which serves up deliciously unpredictable plot twists along with mouthwatering recipes everyone will love. …More

Peach Cookbook: Beverages, Breakfast Treats, Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Entrees and Deserts By Brodeur, Mimi 2009-01 - Stackpole Books 9780811704731 CHECK CATALOG Sweet and succulent, peaches are America's favorite fruit. In Mimi's newest book of original recipes, peaches maintain their starring role in desserts, such as sumptuous peach ice cream, peach schnappy crme brule, and peach upside-down cake with rum cream. But the fruit adds new character depth to other dishes--buttermilk peach muffins or blackberry peach French toast for breakfast, peach bruschetta or chilled peach soup for an appetizer, and smoke-rubbed skirt steak with peach chive butter or spicy pork spareribs with peach glaze for a main course at dinner. A variety of recipes for beverages--from sparkling peach lemonade to peach crantini--are included as refreshing accompaniments. …More

The Peach Keeper By Allen, Sarah Addison 2011-03 - Bantam 9780553807226 CHECK CATALOG BookPage Notable Title Her marriage a shambles, Willa Jackson returns home to Walls of Water, the town where she grew up, and tries to fit in. There she discovers an extraordinary feud that has divided two sisters for decades. …More

Each Peach Pear Plum By Ahlberg, Janet Author Ahlberg, Allan 1979-03 - Viking Children's Books 0670287059 CHECK CATALOG Rhymed text and illustrations invite the reader to play "I Spy" with a variety of Mother Goose and other folklore characters. …More

Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm By Masumoto, David Mas 1900-01 - HarperOne 9780062510259 CHECK CATALOG A lyrical, sensuous and thoroughly engrossing memoir of one critical year in the life of an organic peach farmer, Epitaph for a Peach is "a delightful narrative . . . with poetic flair and a sense of humor" (Library Journal). Line drawings. …More

James and the Giant Peach By Dahl, Roald Illustrator Smith, Lane 1996-04 - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers 0679980903 CHECK CATALOG A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach. …More

Peaches and Screams: A Savannah Reid Mystery By McKevett, G. A. 2002-01 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 1575667118 CHECK CATALOG What could be worse than going back home to the rural deep South in the height of August humidity? It's going home to a wedding without a ring on your finger or a date on your arm. But that's the least of Savannah's problems after her kid brother is arrested for murder. Savannah's convinced that Macon has been framed, and she sets out to prove it, with a little assistance from her L.A.-based Moonlight Magnolia Detective agency. …More