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
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
Yum! MmMm! Que Rico! - NEW!
$16.95
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.
More...LL-2711
The Biography of
Tomatoes
$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.
More... CT-5305
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
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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JT-4598
Food
$15.99
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
Tomatoes to Ketchup
$4.95
Tomatoes to Ketchup by Inez Snyder. Learn where ketchup
comes from and how it is made. Simple terms combined with delightful
photographs make this little book an easy read for young children.
Softcover, 24 Pages. Ages 4-8.
More...CP-3586
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
100 Vegetables and
Where They Came From -
NEW!
$18.95
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
Chicks and Salsa
$ See Below
Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds. This hilarious
picture book about one rooster's quest for culinary delight will leave
you craving some fresh salsa by the end of the read! Filled with
beautiful illustrations and an ingenious story, even adults will enjoy
this festive tale! Hardcover, 32 Pages. Ages 4-8.
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"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
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
Alexander and the
Great Vegetable Feud -
Linda J. Hawkins
$19.95
Find out how Alex discovers that
he is the winner of the vegetable feud. Following the story are vitamin
and mineral charts , a glossary and the veggie pasta salad recipe made
by Alex's mom. Hardcover, 39 pages. Ages 4-10. More....
HHP-0615
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.
A short story about foods grown
and sold around the world. Softcover, 8 pages. Ages
4-7. More...CTP-3907
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
Vegetable Seedies
$2.30
ea.
Set of 12 - $27.60
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.
These beautiful borders feature
juicy looking fruits and vegetables that will surely brighten up any
classroom! Pre-cut, scalloped, and reusable, they measure 3" wide, and
35 feet per package.More...CTP-1817
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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