Princesses are as common in children’s books as strawberries are in children’s lunchboxes. The two recently combined in celebration of National Strawberry Day at the Smart Start Early Learning and Family Resource Center (ELF). The children who attended story time that week got to meet a real-life strawberry princess -- Mia Soles, the 2023-2024 North Carolina Strawberry Festival Princess. Alyssa Lewis, ELF Coordinator, looked for a strawberry princess specifically for the week’s story time. “She’s someone