This fun book highlights 15 of California’s top producing
fruits. Plums, apricots, pluots, prunes, kiwis, persimmons, figs and
more are each celebrated with a two page spread, one featuring a rap
song about the fruit and the other offering fun facts and a wealth of
information about the fruits’ origins and nutritional value. This book
will appeal to lower and upper elementary school kids alike. Comes with
an audio CD of all rap songs featured in the book! Hardcover, 34 pages.
Ages 4-12.More... KA-7258
Smencils Pencils - NEW!
$1.19
each
These gourmet-scented, environmentally friendly pencils
are made from 100% recycled newspapers. You can even see the layers of
newspaper when you sharpen them! Pencils are guaranteed to retain their
fragrance for two years. Individually packed in a freshness tube.
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Teacher created stickers have a variety of fun and friendly fruits
or vegetables. 120 per pack, approximately 1" square.
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Fruits TCM-5755
Vegetables TCM-5756
Watermelon Wishes - NEW!
$16.00
While they plant a watermelon patch together, Charlie tells Grandpap he
hopes one of the watermelons will be a special wishing watermelon,
able to grant one wish. As grandfather and grandson spend a special
summer together tending to their watermelon garden and having lots of
good, old-fashioned fun fishing, picnicking, swimming and more, Grandpap
tries... Hardcover,
32 pages. Ages 4-8.
More...HM-4330
The Edible Pyramid:
Good Eating Every Day - Loreen Leedy
$See Below
Want a fun way to
learn about the food pyramid? With this story, you can take your kids on
a trip to the Edible Pyramid restaurant where you might even learn a
thing or two!32 pages. Ages 4-8.
The market is
more than just a place where food is sold. Set at Seattle's infamous
Pike Place Market, the market comes to life with the sites, smells, and
sounds of the market. The buzz and excitement of the market with fish
flying through the air, the aroma of freshly baked bread, the colorful
vision of the fresh fruit and vegetable stands, and the sound of music
playing in the streets are vividly captured in this poetic
description. Hardcover, 22 pages. Ages 0-4.
More... CH-1491
Ambrosia
$14.99
Currently Unavailable
"A funny thing happened at the market today...It happened
in the fruit section where the fruits were at play." Join the cheering
cherries, warbling watermelons, rappin' raspberries, and laughing lemons
and meet the new fruit on the block: coconut. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages
4-8. More...
IPG-4202
No More Melons for
Gilda the Giraffe
$18.95
Gilda the Giraffe is planning to go hunting for melons, her favorite
treat, when her spots suddenly go missing. Gilda pledges to abstain from
eating any watermelon until her spots are safely on her body. Go on an
exciting adventure with Gilda and... Hardcover, 31 pages. Ages 5-8.
More... PW-2928
Max and Ruby's Midas -
Rosemary Wells
$5.99
Max's big sister Ruby, wants to
cure him of his sweet tooth, so she reads him a Greek myth. Young Prince
Midas uses his laser-beam eyes to turn healthy food into ice-cream
sundaes and birthday cake. But when Midas accidentally changes his
family into dessert, he realizes that there can be too much of a good
thing... Paperback, 32 pages. Ages 3-7.More...PP-0666
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar / La Oruga Muy Hambrienta - Eric Carle
$See Below
Classic story of a tiny green
caterpillar who eats his way through the book and is transformed into a
beautiful butterfly. Hardcover. Ages 3-7.
The Fruit Bowl /
Vegetable Soup - D. Warren, S. Jones, A. Lindman
$14.95
By D. Warren, S. Jones, A.
Sorvaag-Lindman . Two books in one, Vegetable
Soup The Nutritional ABC's and The Fruit Bowl A Contest Among the Fruit
is a fun, informational book on fruits and vegetables....
Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.More...OA-3602
I Eat Fruit! / I Eat
Vegetables! - Hanna Tofts
$12.95
ea.
A mixture of art, photography, and
large, clear type introduces children to fruits and vegetables. Printed
on heavy-duty card and hand-stitched to ensure maximum longevity, these
stunning books go far beyond just naming familiar foods. Each page shows
the name of the food, a clear photograph, and a dramatic painted
background. Upon opening the full-page foldout to look inside the fruit
or vegetable, kids can see which ones need to be peeled before eating
and which ones have seeds, stones, pits, or other interesting things
inside. Hardcover, 24 pages. 2 years and up.
Each title in this series contains full color photos and
easy to read facts. Includes The Wheat We Eat, Vegetables,
Vegetables!, and It's a Fruit, It's a Vegetable,
It's a Pumpkin! Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
Yummy Designs Fruit
and Vegetable FanFare Flip-Panel Book
$17.98
50 colorful panels illustrate over
80 fruits and vegetables along with key nutrition information,
contributions to good health, and suggestions for preparation.
Spanish/English. All ages.More...YD-FVFF
Food Friend Puppet Set -
NEW!
$29.99
Engage little learners and promote
early learning skills with this Food Friends Puppet Set, supported by
the No Child Left Behind Early Reading First standards. Interactive,
hands-on activities fill this resource book covering subject areas such
as language, science, math, large muscle/ group game, art, manipulative,
dramatic play... Softcover, 64 pages and 12 felt hand puppets. Ages 3-8.
More... CD-FFSet
Fruit Seedies
$2.30
ea.
Set of 12 - $27.60
Bean bag fruit
seedlings! Limited edition fruit characters with serialized hang tags:
grapefruit, watermelon, grape, apple, peach, strawberry, pear, banana, orange, lemon,
pineapple, avocado. Order them individually or in a
set!
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Fruit & Vegetable
Balloons
$24.98 / Pk
Celebrate good nutrition with colorful mylar balloons
from Yummy Designs. Each pack contains five different mylar balloons
(28"-34" high) that can be filled with either helium or air. Refillable.
Ribbon included.
These fun trimmers feature
the slice of a watermelon, seeds and all, and are sure to add to any bulletin board! Pre-cut, scalloped, and reusable, they measure 2
1/4" wide, 35" long, and
35 feet per package.
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CTP-1939
Watermelon (Life
Cycles) - Julie Murray
$15.95
Encourage students to eat healthy by getting them excited about
watermelons! Real-life photos and informational text present a
watermelon's life along with questions and interesting facts to probe
young readers further like, "Early explorers used watermelons to store
and carry drinking water," and "Have you ever picked a watermelon to
eat?" Hardcover Library Binding, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
More...AB-7126
Melons for the
Passionate Grower -
NEW!
$25.00
A hundred melons fill these pages
- mostly heirlooms, photographed brilliantly by Victor Schrager, each
with a different story. From the Sugar Baby and Golden Midget, to the
Georgia Rattlesnake and Old-Time Tennessee, melons in different shapes
and hues will overwhelm your senses. Hardcover, 176 pages. For all ages.
More...WP-2131
One Cool Watermelon -
NEW!
$12.95
Count to ten, and you're on your
way to healthy eating with this delicious flap book about fruits and
vegetables. Open the flap and discover something new about your favorite
fruits and vegetables. Hardcover, 19 pages. Ages 4 and up.
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IPG-4509