Harvest of the Month
Official Cycle Three Book List 2009-2010

Lizzy loves everything about apples, so it is no surprise that her homemade apple doll, Susanna, helps her overcome her fear and shyness at school and make plenty of new friends. Includes simple instructions for how to make your very own apple doll! Hardcover, 36 pages. Ages 4-8.

The Apple Doll MPS-3808......$15.00

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. The second half describes how to grow your own vegetable garden and how the vegetables in supermarkets get there from big vegetable farms. Information packed with colorful illustrations on every page, a great addition to any classroom or home curriculum! 32 pages. Ages 4-10.

The Vegetables We Eat Hardcover HH-0018......$17.95 Softcover HH-1534......$6.95

This New Year's Eve, for the first time, Marisa gets to help her grandmother make the traditional dumpling soup for their whole family. As she wraps her dumplings, Marisa worries - will anyone eat her funny looking mandoo? Set in the Hawaiian islands, where eating is a way of expressing warmth and affection among family and friends, this story celebrates the joyful mix of food, customs, and languages from many cultures. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Dumpling Soup HT-0475......$6.95

From what a life cycle is, the many different kinds of beans and why they are good for you, to the life cycle of a soy bean - from seed to bean and harvesting, this life cycles book is information packed with real-life photos. Includes an 'Important Words' glossary and index in back, plus plenty of interesting facts about beans like, "people who don't eat animal products, eat foods made with soy beans." Library Binding, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.

Life Cycles Series Beans AB-7027......$16.95

This colorful book filled with watercolor illustrations featuring fruits and vegetables is sure to be “a-peeling” to young readers!  Join in with the students as a classroom project encourages the children to taste samples of over 50 fruits and vegetables along with learning how to plant, water and grow many of them in the school’s community garden and shop for produce at the grocery store! Even unusual produce like rhubarb, rutabagas, jicama, grapefruit, papaya, star fruit and cherimoya are included. Ages 3-7. Softcover, 31 pages.

All Our Fruits and Vegetables DA-6035......$7.95

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.

The Vegetable Alphabet Book CB-4688......$7.95

*Formerly titled "The Victory Garden Vegetable Alphabet Book"

Alexander accidentally kicks a ball in to his neighbor's vegetable garden. As he retrieves the ball, he comments, "I hate vegetables." Suddenly, Alex is confronted with a frowning broccoli stalk, then notices a line of vegetables that have come to life, arguing about who is the most nutritious for a strong healthy body. Find out how Alex discovers that he is the winner of the vegetable feud. Includes vitamin and mineral charts, a glossary, and veggie pasta salad recipe made by Alex's mom. Hardcover, 39 pages. Ages 4-10.

Alexander and the Great Vegetable Feud HHP-0615......$19.95

“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.

Up, Down, and Around Hardcover CW-3784......$16.99 Softcover CW-0170......$6.99 Big Book CW-0187......$24.99

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.

Gabe's Grocery List PW-1401......$19.99

In this sequel to the book Carlos and the Squash Plant, Carlos learns what his father means when he says, “Cosechas lo que siembras - you reap what you sow.” In his haste to finish planting the cornfield to earn money for a pocketknife, Carlos drops too many seeds in each row. Although this story is told in only two languages, English and Spanish, the lessons and consequences are universal, making this a must read for all children. Softcover, 32 pages.

Carlos and the Corn Field / Carlos y la Milpa de Maiz NBN-7359......$6.95