This comprehensive series teaches children all about the
foods they need to eat to live, grow and be healthy. Food safety and the
importance of a balanced diet and exercise are emphasized and healthy
lunchbox ideas are included throughout. Each book includes a glossary,
index and web site references. Library Binding, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
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Haiku poems
rich with vivid imagery and imaginative illustrations bursting with
colorful fun make this captivating book stand out. Cranberries, papayas,
prickly pears, blueberries, and ten other plant foods native to the
Americas are illuminated with art, poetry and an informative paragraph
addressing the food’s origin, history and interesting facts. A
celebration of the diversity of foods, colors, languages, cultures and
the Americas, this book is sure to enchant readers of all ages. Library
Binding, 32 pages. Ages 4-12.
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The Biography of Foods
Series
$8.95
each
The books in this exceptional series delve into specific foods and tell you
everything you ever wanted to know about them and more! The fascinating,
fact-filled books recount the origin and history of the food and how it
spread across the globe. They also cover farming and harvesting of the
food, diseases and pests, the various ways the food is used, little
known facts about the food and much more. For a truly in-depth look at a
specific food, these books can’t be beat. Each book is illustrated with
full-color photos and artwork and includes a glossary and index. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 9-12.
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Three hungry soldiers in a strange land must convince wary, hungry
villagers to share their own limited food supplies in this classic tale
of cooperation and community. The soldiers outwit the villagers by
giving them the opportunity to add ingredients to a pot of stone soup.
The end result: a feast fit for a king... Softcover, 48 pages. Ages 4-8.
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From Eye to Potato
$6.95
This fascinating, fact-filled
series would make a great addition to any science library.
Easy-to-understand explanations and clearly labeled, full-color
photographs illustrate the life cycle of a variety of plants. Each book
includes a life-cycle diagram, a glossary, an index and suggestions for
both another book and an internet site where you can learn more.
Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
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CP-7883
Pigs Love Potatoes
$15.99
When one pig, two pigs, three pigs want potatoes - three little piggies
are washing and peeling potatoes. When Pappa Piggy gets home and makes
three pigs into four, plus three friends - Mama's up to nine, including
herself, and puts one extra in for good measure - ten potatoes in the
pot! With humorously detailed illustrations, this lovely little story
will delight every reader - and get them hungry for potatoes! Hardcover,
36 pages. Ages 4-8.
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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.
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Look Once, Look Again
Series
$2.99
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
A delightful story of a happy ol’
couple so poor and so content that they share everything - even one
potato per day. Kids and adults alike will share in the O’Grady’s
surprise when instead of a potato one day, Mr. O’Grady pulls up a black
magical pot from their garden. What will the couple do when they realize
that for whatever goes into the pot, it comes out double? A great read
aloud and fun way to practice multiplication! Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages
3 and up.
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Alphabet Soup -
Scott Gustafson
$15.95
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
$See Below
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.
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
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
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
Healthy Food Puppets
$36.50
Let these five
friendly Healthy Food Puppets help you explain their food group stories!
Made from soft fleece fabric large enough for adult hands. The set
contains 5 healthy food puppets, 14 reproducible handouts including a
leader instruction/idea sheet, and general nutrition information in a
reusable, easy-to-store bag.
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Fruit and Vegetable
Puppet Sets
$
see below
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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Bean
bag veggies! Limited edition vegetable characters with serialized hang tags: celery, tomato,
corn, mushroom, onion, potato, carrot, cabbage, bell pepper, cauliflower, squash, and
broccoli. 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.
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.
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The Vegetables We Eat
$ see below
Choose One:
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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Learn the entire life-cycle of these plants, from how they grow to when
they are ready to be eaten. Simple sentences couple with close-up,
real-life photos to present these First Step Nonfiction books by Lerner.
Each book includes a life cycle diagram, vegetable facts, glossary and
index. Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.
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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.
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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