You wouldn't want to live without vegetables

Alex Woolf, 1964-

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Published
[United States] : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2016.
Language
English
Main Author
Alex Woolf, 1964- (author)
Other Authors
David Antram, 1958- (illustrator)
Edition
A Franklin Watts library edition
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780531214909
  • What is a vegetable?
  • How did we grow vegetables in the past?
  • Do vegetables make us healthy?
  • What are the origins of the onion?
  • Why are we passionate about potatoes?
  • When did we get crazy about carrots?
  • What's the low-down on lettuce?
  • Why are we captivated by cabbage?
  • Are vegetables just for eating?
  • How are vegetables grown and preserved?
  • Do vegetables affect the environment?
  • What happens to vegetables?
Review by Booklist Review

With an understanding of how much fun life without vegetables, gravity, and other ubiquitous things would be to children, these titles in the You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series introduce science concepts in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Cartoon illustrations enhance the effect as the amusing but scientifically sound text explains how these objects (or force, in the case of gravity) work; what scientists have learned about them; their pros and cons; and how, ultimately, we really do need them. Vegetables looks at the origins of many common vegetables, how they make us healthy, and how eating more vegetables can reduce global warming. The books feature a time line and numerous ancillaries, but the myriad entertaining facts are the real hit. Who wouldn't want to read them?--Leeper, Angela Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.