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The Autumn Equinox: Celebrating the
Harvest |
$7.95 |
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Discover the many ways the autumn
harvest has been celebrated by ancient cultures around the world. From
ancient Europeans, Chinese, Pilgrims, Iroquois, and the Yoruba of
Nigeria to modern day Indians, North Americans, Jews and the children of
Angola, the autumn harvest is rich with stories of celebration and
tradition. Includes a clear definition of the autumn equinox and various
hands-on classroom activities, crafts and recipes. Softcover, 32 pages.
Ages 4-12.
More... LB-9840 |
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| Delicious! A Pumpkin
Soup Story - NEW! |
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Delicious! A Pumpkin Soup Story by Helen Cooper. It's lunchtime and
friends Cat, Duck, and Squirrel want to make pumpkin soup. Unfortunately
there isn't a ripe pumpkin in sight! Can they agree on fish soup?
Mushroom soup? Or be satisfied with beet soup? Follow Cat, Duck and
Squirrel as they negotiate their lunch... Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
More... MPS-7560
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| Yum! MmMm! Que Rico! - NEW! |
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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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| Pumpkin Town! (Or
Nothing Is Better and Worse Than Pumpkins) |
$16.00 |
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When unneeded pumpkin seeds carelessly tossed aside by the farmer’s sons
are caught on the wind, no one would have predicted the nearby town
would be inundated with pumpkins the following fall. After the sons
clean up the pumpkin mess and are rewarded with watermelons, will
history repeat itself? Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
More... HM-5699 |
| A Kid's Guide to How
Vegetables Grow - NEW! |
$15.95 |
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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 |
| Feast for 10 -
Cathryn Falwell |
$6.95 |
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Count from one to ten - then count
again! What does it take to make a feast for ten hungry people?
Shopping, cooking, setting the table - everyone in the family helps and,
as fast as you can count from one to ten, the feasting begins! Softcover,
32 pages. Ages 3 and up.
More... HM-0818 |
| Eddie's Garden: and
How to Make Things Grow |
$15.95
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"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 |
| The Talking Vegetables -
NEW! |
$16.95 |
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Based on a traditional Liberian
story, The Talking Vegetables will get the little ones laughing
out loud. Stubborn Spider refuses to help the rest of the animals in his
village when it is time to harvest the vegetables. When eating plain
rice day after day gets Spider craving fresh vegetables, he is surprised
at not only how big and juicy they are, but that they can talk too!
More... Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
MPS-7421 |
| We Gather Together:
Celebrating the Harvest Season -
NEW |
$17.99 |
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With expressive prose and vivid illustrations, this colorful book
explains the science of the equinox and how different cultures have
celebrated harvests throughout history. From Egypt to Nigeria, England
to Japan, this book not only teaches you about the harvest, but it also
invites you to celebrate the harvest with different cultures. Hardcover,
37 pages. Ages 6 and up.
More... PP-6695 |
| Seeds, Seeds, Seeds |
$16.95 |
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Seeds, Seeds, Seeds by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. Young cub
Buddy gets five colorful bags in the mail from his grandfather, one for
each day. Buddy finds a surprise in each bag, and with each surprise he
discovers something wonderful about seeds. Whether he sorts, collects,
eats or creates with seeds, Buddy has fun! Hardcover, 40 pages. Ages
4-8.
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MC-1595 |
| Squashed - NEW! |
$7.99 |
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Meet Ellie Morgan - a 16-year-old
whose passionate about her pumpkin, Max, who is set to win the Rock
River Pumpkin Weigh-In - if only he could gain 200 pounds. Then life
would be perfect...that is if Ellie herself lost 20 pounds and gained
enough courage to approach Wes, the new boy in town (a corn grower with
a grower's heart too). Softcover, 208 pages. Ages 12 and up.
More... PP-4268 |
| The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow - NEW! |
$6.99 |
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With fluent prose and rich
illustrations, Moses retells this classic story about the headless
horseman who scares the overzealous school master, Ichabod Crane, right
out of Sleepy Hollow - leaving only a pumpkin behind. Softcover,
48 pages. Ages 4-8.
More... PP-6488 |
| Harvest (John Deere) - NEW! |
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In this fun flap board book, real-life photos show that it's harvest
time on the farm! Wheat, corn, apples and pumpkins all need tractors to
plow the fields and collect the wheat that is used to make bread and
cereal, and to collect the apples, corn and pumpkins that are taken to
the store for us to eat! Board Book with flaps, 12 pages. Ages 4-6.
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DK-9786 |
| The Fruit Bowl /
Vegetable Soup - D. Warren, S. Jones, A. Lindman |
$14.95 |
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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 |
| Food Friend Puppet Set -
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$29.99 |
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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 |
| Pumpkins/ Calabazas -
NEW! |
$ see below |
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Learn about fall's favorite fruit
from where they come from and how they grow, to why we carve
jack-o'-lanterns and include them in our fall festivities through facts,
legends, and history. Includes specific historical dates and countries
involved in the history of the pumpkin and recipes in the back for
pumpkin pie and toasted pumpkin seeds. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
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English (CB-5581)......$6.95
Spanish
(CB-5581SP)......$7.95 |
| Pumpkins -
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$17.95 |
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Simple words in detailed
descriptions give life to the vivid full-color photographs of this story
of a pumpkin's beginning...and end. Readers will marvel at all there is
to know about a pumpkin when a journey through the growing cycle of this
symbol of Autumn ends with Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.
More... MPS-1849 |
| Pumpkin
Border |
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Use this colorful border trim to
liven up your classroom!
Each pack has 12
pieces (2 3/16'' x 35'') for a total length of 35 feet of trim.
More.... TCM-4624 |
| The Vegetables We Eat |
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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.
More...
Hardcover (HH-0018) ...... $17.95
Softcover (HH-1534) ...... $6.95 |
| 100 Vegetables and
Where They Came From -
NEW! |
$18.95 |
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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 |
| Look Once, Look Again
Series |
$2.99 |
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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
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