"The Wicked Watermelon" is a brightly illustrated children's book that talks about bullies and being brave. "The Wicked Watermelon" is a beautifully illustrated book for kids, easy to read and understand. It helps children realize when someone is mean to them, they should tell someone so it stops. "

-Reader Views Kids

"The Wicked Watermelon" is a children's fable retold based on an original tale by the author's grandmother, Florence Squicciarini. The wicked watermelon is a greedy, grasping character who plots and schemes and lies to trick innocent plums, peaches, and cherries to jumping to the ground so he can gobble them up. Two brave cherries and a lemon manage to evade the wicked watermelon, however, and the cherries enlist the help of the wise old coconut, who realizes the wicked watermelon must be stopped. Through bravery, cooperation and planning, the cherries and the coconut trick the watermelon with some of his own medicine, and in the process they free the consumed fruits from the orchard trees. Then peace and harmony are restored to the little fruit orchard. "The Wicked Watermelon" is filled with partly scary colored illustrations which make the eventual victory even sweeter."

-Midwest Book Review