The Vegetables We Eat

This book would be great to read if you are teaching your students about vegetables. Gail Gibbons does a wonderful job talking about how all of the different vegetables come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. She also talks about how the vegetables grow and how you can make your own

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vegetable garden. The illustrations are very colorful! This is a wonderful information book for children!

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This is a great book for teachers and parents to read their children because it goes over all of the different vegetables. It talks about the different colors they come in and all the different shapes. The book is a great informational book because it tells kids why vegetables are important to eat.

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Since many kids are hesitant to eat vegetables, hopefully after reading this book they will want to try all the different kinds. This is a great picture book and the colors are very vibrant and will engage all of the students.

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The Vegetables We Eat is a book about introducing vegetables to children. The book goes over very basic health facts about vegetables- They are good for us and we need to eat them; to very complex- describing hydroponics. It discusses eight different vegetables groups that we should include in our

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diet. The pictures that accompany the words are amazing. Gibbons is a wonderful writer and the illustrations in her book work well with the words. I love all of her books that I have read and will have this book along with the others in my classroom. I think the students will find the books fun and also educational at the same time.

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A clear, informative introduction to eight groups of vegetables, categorized by the part of the plant that is eaten. For each group, Gibbons includes an illustration of one representative veggie as it grows in a garden. The rest of the page includes illustrations of related plants.

This book uses the written word and beautiful illustrations to promote healthy eating by sharing different kinds of vegetables that can be found in a typical diet. The book goes from basic statements about vegetables and eating right, and continues all the way up into more advanced definitions and

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explanantions. This would be a great read aloud book because it would give a teacher a chance to discuss with their students the importance of eating the right foods and growing up big and strong. It also can be used to help teach colors for younger students.

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This book is very informative about vegetables, their shapes, sizes and colors. It also tells you how to plant and cultivate your own vegetable garden.

My grandson really liked this book because I got to show him the different vegetables.

I would use this in my classroom for the shapes, sizes and

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colors. I would also use it as a science unit, to show them the difference between fruits and vegetables.

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Very informational book about all the vegetables we eat. Really too long for storytime and a little dull.

This is a great book for learning about different vegetables. I would not use this book for fun-bedtime reading with children, however I think that it has great educational value and would not hesitate to use it in my classroom in the young elementary grades.

This book would be great to read if when teaching students about vegetables. Gail Gibbons does a wonderful job talking about how all of the different vegetables come in all different shapes, sizes, and colors. She also talks about how the vegetables grow and how you can make your own vegetable

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garden. The illustrations are very colorful so it captures the childrens' attention.

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Gail Gibbons drops some big words and concepts in this fun picture book . She starts off letting us know that not all vegetables grow all of the time. She tells us a bit about gardens, how plants grow, and where certain veggies come from. Because she jumps into some deeper concepts and there is

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almost no narrative, I might not try to read this one cover to cover like a story book. I would mark some pages. I would use this book for some activities before and after meal times; before to focus their hungry little selves on yummy foods, and after to see what kinds of vegetables they got to eat today. I would ask them to tell us what they tasted like and if they wanted to see how to grow it themselves.

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A lesson on good nutrition with exploration of vegetables. Vegetables come in many shapes, colors, and forms.
Ages 3 and up
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I liked how the book not only covered why veggies are so good, but also how they are grown.

The Vegetables We Eat
by Gail Gibbons

This is a book about vegetables. Gibbons tells how each vegetable is grown. He uses big words, but defines each one.

This is a great book to inform your students on what they are eating. I enjoyed how he put a lot of information into the book without making the

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reader to confused.

A fun activity would be having the class grow one small vegetable in the classroom.

Also, you could have each student chose a vegetable and draw a diagram explaining how it is grown.

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Another Gail Gibbons book which dives deep into the differences between vegetable plants. It begins with perennials and annuals. She tells us why we should eat vegetables, the ways various vegetables help our health, and where they grow. She even includes how to grow your own vegetable garden. It

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includes the process of getting vegetables from the farm, to the store, to your house. The illustrations are bright and lively, drawing in readers at any level.

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how they grow and why they are good for you.

this is an excellent book that explains the differences between vegetables plants. Also this book is full of colorful pictures and it gives us an explanation about the importance of vegetables in our health.
Age: 3-5
Source: Pierce college library

This books explains what veggies are and the different types. There are leaf, bulb, flower bud, root, tuber, stem, fruit, seed, and soybeans. You can grow veggies or you can go to the store and get them.

"The Vegetables We Eat" highlights for children the numerous different kinds of vegetables, how we eat them, and their specific names. The book also gives children a step-by-step how-to guide for growing a vegetable garden of their own!
Ages: 4-8
Source: Pierce College Library