The front of this poster features
vivid, full color photos of 20 vegetables with labels, while the back
includes fun ideas and two reproducibles: “What Part of a Plant Do We
Eat?” and “From Seed to Plant: How to raise a bean plant.” 17”x 22”
cardstock.
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Up, Down, and Around - Katherine Ayres
$ See Below
“Okra grows up. Onions grow down. Tomatoes twine around and
around.” Simple rhyming text, lively, detailed illustrations, and
repeated short verses make this book an ideal read-aloud sure to
captivate young children. 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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The engaging layout and
conversational tone featured in these vibrant, refreshing books will
have kids feeling more like they’ve gone on a field trip than read a
book! Each fact-filled book in this standout series focuses on a
different type of food and explains how that food benefits our bodies,
where the food comes from, how it is grown or made and the forms in
which we eat it. Tons of healthy and nutritious lunchbox and snack ideas
with lots of kid appeal are presented and foods from different countries
and cultures are featured. Web links, including Mypyramid.gov, are
sprinkled throughout. Each book ends with a fun quiz, glossary, index,
and notes for teachers and parents. Library binding, 32 pages. Ages
7-12.
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A Taste of the Mexican
Market / El Gusto Del Mercado Mexicano - Nancy Maria Grande Tabor
$7.95
Come along on a trip to the Mexican market. Along the way
you can compare, weigh, count, and learn about different cultures and
customs. From bunches of hanging bananas and braids of garlic, to
pyramids of melons and baskets of sweet cheese, this market is full of
fun and surprises. Matching bilingual text. Recipient of the 1996
Scientific American Young Reader's Book Award. Softcover, 32
pages. Ages 4-8. More...CB-8209
Pretend & Play:
Vegetables
Set
$8.95
Stock up on produce
with durable sets of soft plastic play foods. Life size, realistically colored, perfect
for pretend play or teaching nutrition.
This sticker book includes a jolly
potato, grinning grapes, charming celery stalk and many more. 20 full
color stickers on 4 pages 4 1/6 " x 5 3/4".
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The Vegetable Alphabet
Book- Jerry Pallotta
$6.95
Presents 26 common and
not-so-common vegetables. Learn about fiddleheads, munchkin pumpkins,
sweet peas, walla wallas, and more. This informative book also includes
a brief introduction to soil preparation and seed planting. 30 color
illustrations. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 5-9.More...
CB-4688
Root Viewer
$9.95
The Root Viewer is a great way to
learn how vegetables grow. It comes with a wooden tube holder, three
plastic root viewers, growing medium, growing journal, growing
instructions and onion, carrot, and radish seeds...all ages.More... TS-2891
To Market, To Market - NEW!
$10.95
A silly take on the traditional
rhyming tale, this woman’s trip to the market soon turns to mayhem as
she returns with a hen, trout, lamb, cow, duck, and goat - who go wild
in her home! A soup with potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, peas, peppers,
cabbage, onions and more veggies becomes lunch, with the suggestion of
the animals in this uniquely illustrated, humorous big board book. Ages
3-8.
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HB-9033
Gabe's Grocery List -
NEW!
$14.95
Gabe loves to write lists, and today is shopping day! When Gabe makes a
list of colorful fruits including oranges, lemons, and apples, he is set
on taking home just that. When Dad begins to fill the basket with
vegetables, Gabe and little sister Emma begin replacing them with more
fruit. Library Binding, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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Growing Colors -
Bruce McMillan
$6.99
From green peas to red
raspberries, from vegetables that grow in the ground to fruits that grow
above the ground, a magnificent garden of color and growth awaits. Join
photographer Bruce McMillan on an adventure in nature. Softcover, 32
pages. Ages 3 and up.More...HC-1123
Alexander's Read &
Sing-A-Long CD - NEW!
$19.99
Now you can listen to Alexander
and all of his nutritional adventures on this fabulous read and
sing-along CD. Includes narratives and sing along songs of both
classics, Alexander and the Great Food Fight and Alexander and
the Great Vegetable Feud. Approximate CD running time: 40 minutes.
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Alexander and the Great Food Fight
Alexander and the Great Vegetable Feud
Bumpety Bump!
$15.99
Follow the
little red hen as she accompanies a young boy and his grandfather for a
day on the farm. Through the potatoes, carrots, onions, beans, tomatoes,
lettuce, cucumbers, and berries she'll go! In his wheelbarrow, the boy
goes bumpety bump into the barn to discover the hen has laid an egg.
This delightful book is full of vibrant illustrations while introducing
children to everything you can find on a farm. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages
3 and up. More...
HC-9991
Peel 'N' Play
$17.95
This colorful plastic vegetable
set is a sure-fire way to teach kids to appreciate vegetables! The
13-piece set includes an avocado, tomato, broccoli, green pepper, corn,
eggplant, peas in the pod, carrot, cauliflower, onion, lettuce, cutting
board and a plastic knife. The segmented vegetables can be
pretend-peeled and sliced, then fit back together again with Velcro. Ages
3+.More
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Join Miguel and his dad at the
farmer's market and help Miguel round up or down the prices of the
vegetables that his dad places in their basket. Learn Miguel's rhyme
that he uses to know when to round up or down to the nearest ten, and
have fun with your own rounding at home, in school, or at the market!
Softcover, 32 pages.
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CP-25551
From the Garden: A
Counting Book About Growing Food
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This book will teach your kids
about numbers from 1-12 and vegetables at the same time! Bright, vivid,
full-color illustrations adorn the pages as simple text leads up to a
delicious ending! 24 pages. Ages 4-8.More...
You can create a picture on a
piece of paper, but can you make a picture on a pizza? These pages are
full of pizza masterpieces that will get your mouth watering. How many
toppings would you need to make a picture-perfect pizza? Count by
fractions, ones, tens, twenties, twenty-fives and hundreds to find out!
Softcover,
32 pages.
Ages 5-10.CB-338XSMore...
Fruit & Vegetable
Chartlets
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Colorful photographs for real-world connections.
Cross-curriculum resource guide on back. 17" x 22"
Fruits (CD-6249)......$2.49
Vegetables (CD-6253)......$2.49
What is a Fruit? (MH-36043)......$1.99
What is a Vegetable? (MH-36045)......$1.99
Vegetable Soup: More
Fun with Fractions - NEW!
$12.99
You think you know your fractions? Try one of the many
games that Vegetable Soup offers and see how well you know your
stuff! Includes 48 cards representing fractions of onions, tomatoes,
pumpkins and cabbages. There are 12 cards for each vegetable, as
follows: 1 half, 4 quarters, 2 thirds and 5 sixths. Three rules for
practice games will get players ready for one of the following three
games: Know Your Onions, Soup of the Day, and
Super Soup. More...
Ages 6 and up. CPI-0140......$12.99
Think Color As You
Eat!
$4.95
Think Color As You Eat! From A to Z Coloring and Activity
Book Reinforce the importance of eating 5-9 servings of fruits and
vegetables a day. Included are puzzles, games, recipes, snack ideas, and
stickers. Each page is full of fruits and vegetables to color, nutrition
facts, and simple snack recipes. Ages 3 and up. Softcover, 36 pages.
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Fruits & Vegetables
Coloring Book
$3.95
This collection of ready to color
illustrations is an excellent introduction to dozens of fruits and
vegetables ranging from the currant, raspberry, and pea to the sweet
potato, cabbage, and watermelon. More... DV-5430