We all know peas are nutritious, but children will be surprised to
learn that peas played a key role in the discovery of genetics. Gregor
Mendel, known as the Father of Genetics, used careful experiments with
peas to discover how traits are passed down from parent to child. This
fascinating picture book... Library binding, 36 pages. Ages 7-12.More... HT-4755
Fruits and Vegetables Stickers -
NEW!
$1.99
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
Picky Peggy - NEW!
$5.95
Peggy is a picky eater—and proud of it! When she lets her new pet
duckling, Fluff, be as picky as she is, Peggy learns a growing duck
needs a balanced, varied diet to be healthy. Peggy wants to be healthy
too and knows just what she needs to do. Part of the Science Solves It!
series, this book integrates.... Softcover, 32
pages. Ages 4-8.
More... LB-1386
Eat Your Peas
$10.95
Both kids and parents are sure to
relate as Daisy stubbornly refuses to eat her peas while mom offers
increasingly outrageous incentives, including seventeen swimming pools,
ninety-two chocolate factories and much... Hardcover, 28 pages. Ages: 4-8.
More...HT-9747
A Kid's Guide to How
Vegetables Grow - NEW!
$15.95
With real-life photos, this nonfiction, informational book shows us that
when we eat our vegetables, we might be eating the root, the stem, the
leaves, the flower, or even the seeds of a plant. Highlighting carrots,
radishes, beets, asparagus, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, broccoli, sweet
corn, tomatoes, squash, pumpkins, green peas and more... Hardcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
More...RP-4612
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...
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The Very Smart Pea and
the Princess-to-Be - NEW!
$16.99
If you have ever
heard the story of the Princess and the Pea and asked, "How
could anyone feel a tiny pea under the weight of twenty
mattresses," this book will answer your curiosity once and for all. Told
from the perspective of the pea, an unlikely princess is not the only
surprise. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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RH-6269
The Penguin and the
Pea - NEW!
$6.95
Longing
to find the perfect penguin princess, the picky Penguin Prince seems to
find something wrong with every princess in the land. It isn't until one
stormy night when a wet and miserable penguin lands on his doorstep that
he is convinced he has found his true love. Softcover, 30 pages. Ages
4-8. More... KCP-9836
The Gulps - NEW!
$16.99
"Four Bloat Burgers with Cheez,
please, and Ultrasize those fries!" says Papa Gulp. Meet the Gulps - a
family who enjoys eating tons of unhealthy food, watching a lot of TV,
and doing as little physical activity as possible, except for little
sister Dawn. When they head out in their RV packed full of junk food and
giant TVs, only Dawn knows why the vehicle wheezes to a stop in the
middle of nowhere: "The car says NO! This family's too fat to roll!"
Hardcover, 40 pages. Ages 4-8.
More... HT-4605
Eddie's Garden: and
How to Make Things Grow
$15.95
Quantities Limited
"What makes Eddie's garden grow?"
Eddie knows that it takes a lot - the Earth, rain, warm sun, and all
sorts of creatures! Working hard digging, pulling up weeds and watering
his plants, Eddie's garden of carrots, lettuce, nasturtiums, onions,
peas, pot marigolds, pumpkins, runner beans, sprouting broccoli,
sunflowers, sweet corn, and Swiss chard begins to bloom to provide
plenty of great food for his picnic with little... Hardcover, 36 pages.
Ages 4-12.
More... PGW-0151
Alphabet Soup -
Scott Gustafson
$15.95
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Soup’s on! Join the party for a
delightful and delicious alphabet banquet. When Otter decides to have a
potluck housewarming for his nifty new abode, he invites twenty six of
his animal friends... and you! Take part in the fun as each animal pal
brings a different delicacy for the simmering stew. From “Armadillo and
Asparagus” to “Zebra and Zucchini”, there are engaging new characters on
almost every page of this truly enchanting volume - all brought to
vibrant, colorful life by one of today’s most imaginative and talented
fine artists. Hardcover, 48 pages. Ages 2 and up.More...
WP-0253
Growing Vegetable Soup
/ A Sembrar Sopa De Verderus - Lois Ehlert
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In brightly-colored collage
illustrations, a father and child share the simple joys of planting,
watering, and watching seeds grow in their garden. Then they cook their
harvest into a delicious vegetable soup, the recipe for which is
included. Full color. Ages 4-8.
Zany animals celebrate the joys of
eating their favorite foods - as only little kids can. Filled with
surprise pull-tabs, fun flaps, and unexpected pop-ups, this amusing
companion to the best-selling Brush Your Teeth, Please will strike a
chord of recognition with kids and parents everywhere. Hardcover, 12
pages. Ages 3 and up.More... RD-0039
Cool as a Cucumber
$11.95
Simple words and stunning photography combine in this
delicious book! Young children will enjoy looking at the foods as you
name them. Then you can open the flaps - there's lots more to see and
talk about inside. Hardcover, 17 pages. Ages 2-7.More... IPG-4189
Rookie Read-About
Science Series
$4.95
ea.
Set of 3 Books - $13.95
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
Fruit and Vegetable
Puppet Sets
$
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Basic Set
Deluxe Set
Choose One:
These
adorable puppets are the perfect way for teachers, parents, and
educators to promote healthy eating habits through fun and games. The
basic set includes 5 felt puppets, reproducible coloring pages, leader
instructions, ideas, and general information to help teach the basics of
healthy eating. The deluxe set includes 10 fleece puppets.
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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.
From School Library Journal - "Friedman has created a
delightful, original and very funny book that goes far beyond simple table manners.
Realistic yet slightly stylized illustrations are done in muted watercolors that catch the
nuances of Japanese culture. The book is wonderfully thought-provoking in its portrayal of
the subtle similarities and differences among cultures." A Reading Rainbow selection!
Softcover, 32 pages.
More...HM-2354
The Vegetables We Eat
$ see below
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From perennials to annuals, tuber vegetables to stem vegetables, Gibbons
covers every kind and color that we eat - and shows them in rich
watercolor illustrations. The first half of the book goes through each
of the eight groups of vegetables with every vegetable shown and labeled
within its group, whether it be a root, stem, leaf, bulb, seed, tuber,
fruit, or flower bud vegetable. Ages 4-10. 32 pages.
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Here one hundred of the most
irresistible vegetables are described in depth by organic gardener and
food historian, William Woys Weaver, through history, culinary
suggestions, practical information, and personal anecdotes. Peppers,
potatoes, peas, gourds, onions, tomatoes, greens, and many more veggies
get their stories told - like the Petaluma Gold Rush Bean brought to the
United States from Peru (ideal for everything from bean dips to
cassoulets). Hardcover, 5 1/4" x 7 1/4" 288 pages. For all ages.
More...WP-2380
In
this intriguing yet easy reader, find out what potatoes, frogs,
peas, ladybugs, and much more look like up close! Look once, then look
again to discover what you never knew existed in nature! Softcover, 16
Pages. Ages 4-8. CTP-3008
Discover the inside story of food - from genetic
modification to healthy eating. Find out how different foods are used
together to create new flavors. Hardcover , 72 pages. Ages 9-14.
More...DK-1717
The Edible Pyramid:
Good Eating Every Day - Loreen Leedy
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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.