Healthy Food Choices - From the Farm to Your Table

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Where Does Our Food Come From?
(Everyday Mysteries)

By Debra Stilwell

Most of the time we buy food from stores, but stores get the food from somewhere too. With easy-to-follow text, readers will visit farms and follow food on its journey to farmers markets, factories, and stores. Readers learn how fresh foods are sold in markets and are also used to make the processed foods we buy in stores. Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 4-8.

Where Does Our Food Come From? RP-3193......$6.95

Food From Farmers Series

By Ruth Owen

This educational series introduces readers to the various types of farms through the eyes of a child living on them. Each volume explores a different kind of farm and explains how various foods get from the farm to the grocery store. The books are extremely engaging and have a show-and-tell like quality because each one features the personal story of a child who lives on the farm, is told completely from their point of view and includes childlike drawings, diagrams and labels. Readers get an in-depth, yet completely age-appropriate, look at each type of farm and will come away with a better of understanding of what farm life is like and where the food on their table comes from. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Food From Farmers Series Bread! Life on aWheat Farm RP-5442......$10.00 Eggs! Life on a Chicken Farm RP-5367......$10.00 Fruit! Life on an Apple Farm RP-5381......$10.00 Meat! Life on a Sheep Farm RP-5428......$10.00 Milk! Life on a Dairy Farm RP-5343......$10.00 Vegetables! Life on a ProduceFarm RP-5404......$10.00

It’s a Long Road to a Tomato:
Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life

By Keith Stewart

Keith Stewart was already in his early forties and discontent with New York’s corporate grind when he moved upstate and started a one-man organic farm in 1986. This book opens a window into his world with a fascinating series of essays on Keith’s development as a farmer, the nuts and bolts of organic farming for an urban market, domestic and wild farm animals, and the political, social, and environmental issues relevant to agriculture today—and their impact on all of us. Softcover, 323 pages. Ages 16 and up.

It’s a Long Road to a Tomato: Tales of an Organic Farmer Who Quit the Big City for the (Not So) Simple Life WP-0232......$18.95

The Grapes Grow Sweet:
A Child’s First Family Grape Harvest

By Lynne Tuft

For the first time, 4 year old Julian is old enough to participate in the grape harvest on his family’s vineyard. Through Julian’s wonder, we are treated to a magical glimpse of the development of the grapes from bloom to harvest, the animal and plant life of the vineyard, and what it is like to grow up on a family vineyard. Hardcover, 40 pages. Ages 7-12.

The Grapes Grow Sweet: A Child's First Family Grape Harvest RVP-9296......$19.95

An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the Farm

By Carol Watterson

This entertaining survey of modern farming provides a wealth of information about farms. From the rainbow of fruits and vegetables farmers grow, to the different animals on the farm and the resources they provide, to how various insects help and hurt the farm, an abundance of fascinating facts, stimulating science and terrific trivia are provided on every page. Even commercial fish farming is included. Hardcover, 48 pages. Ages 5 and up.

An Edible Alphabet: 26 Reasons to Love the Farm RH-4213......$16.99

How to Grow More Vegetables
(and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops)
Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine
(7th Edition)

By John Jeavons

This classic in the field of sustainable gardening shows in graphic detail how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it’s a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family on less than half an acre. Includes sample garden plans as well as information on composting, companion planting, how plants and their root systems grow and interact, how to make garden beds, why beds and clumps are better and yield more produce than planting in rows, soil composition, garden implements and more. This significantly revised and expanded edition contains updated gardening charts and the latest techniques developed by Ecology Action, including sustainable growing practices and optimizing soil fertility using the GROW BIOINTENSIVE method of sustainable gardening. Softcover, 268 pages. Ages 16 and up.

How to Grow More Vegetables RH-7964......$19.99

Ethics of Food Series

By Michael Burgan

This engaging, cross-curricular series introduces and explains the ethical issues and big business behind what we eat, and how making choices at the supermarket can either keep things as they are or affect real change. Ethics are involved in every aspect of how our food reaches us. These books help readers become informed and begin to think more critically about these issues so they can make choices that reflect their values and lifestyles. Softcover, 56 pages. Ages 12 and up.

Ethics of Food Series Farming Vegetables and Grains CS-1909......$9.99 Making Food Choices CS-1947......$9.99

Reducing Your Foodprint

By Ellen Rodger

This book raises children’s awareness that what they eat and how they eat is important to the environment. Age-appropriate overviews of topics like: eco-friendly farming practices, the environmental impact of transporting foods, organic food, the importance of eating local, green cooking, and fair-trade food provide the knowledge kids need to begin to evaluate how their food choices impact the Earth and empower kids to make a difference by becoming “ecovores”, or people who shop, cook and eat with the environment in mind. Includes a timeline, glossary and index. Library binding, 32 pages. Ages 9-12.

Reducing Your Foodprint CT-9228......$26.60

Up We Grow!:
A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm

By Deborah Hodge

Warm photos invite children into the world of a small, co-operative farm over four seasons. Readers will get to know the hardworking farmers who plow, plant, compost, mulch, harvest and market fruits and vegetables, and care for animals. Children will gain a new appreciation for the importance of small, local farms as they discover people of all ages and abilities working together to grow and share food, while protecting and respecting the land and animals we depend upon for our sustenance. Hardcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Up We Grow! KCP-5613......$16.95

Harvest Year

By Cris Peterson

Back In Print! Harvesting takes place all through the year in the United States. Did you know that in January it's harvest time for carrots, pineapple and grapefruit? The full color photos and text beautifully convey the bountiful harvests in our states along with the wide diversity and crops grown throughout the country, showing readers that there's more to a bag of groceries than meets the eye. Softcover, 30 pages. Ages 5-8.

Harvest Year BM-7830......$10.95

Inside Science: Food Machines

From Creative Teaching Press

Whether they are learning about food and food chains, discovering that greenhouses are amazing food machines, or finding out how to make food choices that will make strong and healthy bodies, students will build their scientific knowledge, increase their content vocabulary, and sharpen nonfiction comprehension skills as they read the books in this series. Softcover, 24 pages. Ages 9-12.

Inside Science Series Food Machines CTP-5734......$4.99

Kiss the Cow

By Phyllis Root

Annalisa milks her family’s magic cow just like Mama. But when she refuses to thank the cow with a customary kiss, the cow refuses to give milk. Now Mama and her plethora of multicultural kids have to go without fresh milk or cheese until stubborn Annalisa finally gets curious about what it might be like to kiss a cow. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Kiss the Cow CW-0035......$6.99

Take an old family recipe, add four funny friends, and mix in some cooking confusion – the result is sure to bring on belly laughs from beginning bakers and gourmet chefs alike! This gloriously illustrated picture book brings the farmyard into the kitchen with parody and puns that kids will love. Also included with the story are scattered sidebars with cooking tips that offer information on the ingredients, measurements, and techniques mentioned in the text. Hardcover and Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-8.

Cook-A-Doodle-Doo Hardcover HMH-1924......$17.00 Softcover HMH-6580......$7.99

Introduce young children to a variety of farms of different sizes, in different climates and growing different crops. Softcover, 16 pages. Ages 4-8.

All Kinds of Farms English CS-8710......$5.95 Quantities Limited - Spanish CS-9482......$5.95

This simple introduction to harvest time shows children that foods are harvested in many different ways. Some are picked from a plant or plucked from a tree while others are dug up or cut down by a machine. Softcover, 16 pages. Ages 4-8.

Harvest Time (La cosecha) English CS-8850......$5.95 Quantities Limited - Spanish CS-9628......$5.95

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.

Scholastic News Food Series From Eye to Potato CP-7883......$6.95 From Kernel to Corncob CP-7890......$6.95 From Pit to Peach Tree CP-7913......$6.95

If you don't like potatoes, you may after joining in on the sing-a-long fun of Greg and Steve's version of the classic, "One potato, two potato, three potato, four." A farmer and his farm animal friends rhyme about all the different yummy dishes that they love made with potatoes. Softcover, 14 pages. Ages 4-8.

Greg and Steve: I Like Potatoes CTP-6251......$3.49

Buy this with:
Sing & Read with Greg & Steve CD (CTP-6263)

Brings young readers on an exciting field trip to many different types of farms. It describes the history, the crops and animals, the machines and the people who work on farms. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 4-6.

Living on Farms CP-7085......$5.95

Have you ever eaten part of a flower? You have if you have eaten an apple! Find out how an apple grows from a bud to a flower to a fruit. Softcover, 32 pages. Ages 5-9.

How Do Apples Grow? HC-4451......$5.99

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"