Growing Food

One the most important events in a person's life is bringing new life into this world. But with so many choices concerning the best way to keep your children healthy, this time can also be the most stressful. This book will help you understand the importance of nutrition in determining your child's current and future health.

Do you have trouble getting your child interested in eating veggies? Perhaps you have a fussy eater who refuses to believe veggies are good for you. Then this is the perfect book to get your young listeners thinking about how they eat! Yummy Veggies is an imaginative rhyming children’s book which makes eating veggies fun for everyone! With excellent reasonings, your picky eater will be ready to try new foods and begin to think twice about what they eat! After listening to this book, your children will look forward to eating their vegetables!

Allergies and special dietary needs cause people to eat different foods. Listeners will learn about food, diets, and nutrition in this engaging book. Engaging text assists with critical thinking and learning comprehension for young learners.

Learn about the wonderful things vegetables can do for your body! Veggies such as carrots, peas, corn, and broccoli are important for a balanced diet. Engaging text teaches early learners about nutrition and the role of vegetables in the practice of healthful eating.

Meat, poultry, seafood, nuts, and eggs, too - learn about the amazing things protein can do! Our bodies need protein to give us energy and make our muscles strong. Engaging text teaches early learners about nutrition and the importance of protein in a healthful diet.

Grains contain fiber and vitamins for a healthy body! Wheat, oats, rice, and other grains are part of a balanced diet. Engaging text teaches early learners about nutrition and the importance of healthful eating.

From apples and grapes to pears and bananas, learn about the wonderful things fruits can do for your body! Engaging text teaches early learners about nutrition and the importance of fruit in a healthy diet.

Calcium in dairy helps us grow strong bones and teeth! Dairy products such as milk, cheese, and yogurt are part of a well-balanced diet. Engaging text helps early learners explore nutrition and the importance of healthful eating.

Learn about nutrition, health, and what good eating habits are. Engaging text teaches early learners about food, diet, and forming daily healthy eating habits.

Lolli and the Superfood Quest, is a cleverly crafted meditation, designed specifically to promote healing and transformation, while being incredibly fun and adventurous for the child. Lolli and the Superfood Quest, helps your child learn about healthy eating while trying to save the Land of Color from being destroyed. Someone is trying to stop Lolli and all of her friends from saving the magical world. Who is it? And can all the ingredients be gathered in time to save the Land of Color?

This book contains strategies on how to grow plants, herbs and food in your own backyard. Although it is intended for those who are new to backyard farming, this book also includes info that a long time gardener may also find useful. The first part of this book provides the basics on backyard farming, the purpose of having one and the benefits you could get out of having your own backyard garden.

Big Mama in the critically acclaimed The 12 Days of a Soul Food Christmas has a daughter named Emma Jean who loves to sew. After finding a forgotten treasure, Emma Jean discovers her true passion by teaching herself how to sew.

'Chocolate mousse!' says greedy Goose. 'Don't just grab it,' says angry Rabbit. Good manners aren't on the menu at this meal. Duck won't eat his carrots. Moth's eating the cloth, and Sheep would rather sleep than wash the dishes. Thank goodness some of the animals know how to behave!

Much to their surprise, the Peaches had a great summer running their food truck business selling their pies across the Mid-West, but they're happy to be back home in Duluth, Minnesota, where they can settle back into a routine just in time for the new school year. That is until Great Aunt Lucinda wants to gift them her historic mansion. But there are conditions: they're to turn it into a cozy bed-and-breakfast, something the Peach kids' mom always dreamed of before she passed away. And they only have until Thanksgiving to do the renovations and prove they can make the business work.

Meow Meow and Squeak have a sleepover, but when they wake up in the morning there’s nothing for breakfast! What can they cook? And what if everyone wants some? This book starts off with a big problem, and Meow Meow and Squeak have to work together to solve it. Talk to your child about how they find a solution and bring all their friends together to celebrate...just...being together.

What is in the protein foods group? Hamburgers, turkey, tuna, peanuts, and much more. Brian P. Cleary's goofy verse gives young listeners oodles of examples from the protein foods group and highlights some of their health benefits. Enjoy this tasty treat of a book! This revised edition contains MyPlate information and recommendations.

Insatiable is an astonishingly moving story of four teenage girls whose shame, fear and confusion compel them to binge, purge and refuse to eat in misguided attempts to feel safe and in control of their lives.

In their effort to build the world's first and largest commercial green rooftop farm, the founders of Brooklyn Grange learned a lot about building and sustaining a business while never losing sight of their mission: to serve their community by providing delicious organic food and changing the way people think about what they eat. But their story is about more than just farming. It serves as an inspirational and instructional guide for anyone looking to start a business that is successful while making a positive impact.

The Day We Met the Queen: 10-year-old Ahmet has become the Most Famous Refugee Boy in the World. In fact, he's so famous even the queen wants to meet him - and his four best friends! So they're off to Buckingham Palace, with a list of questions for her and one special challenge. The Great (Food) Bank Heist: On Thursdays, Nelson, Ashley and Mum head out to the bank. But not just any old bank - the food bank. With its shining tins and packets of food stacked from floor to ceiling, Nelson thinks it's the best kind of bank there is. But there's a thief in town.

Hugelkultur, also sometimes referred to as hugel bed, is a permaculture gardening technique for growing vegetables in heaps made from timber and covered over with topsoil. In this short introduction to a well established but little known growing concept, you will discover what it involves and how it can be used to great advantage particularly in dry arid regions. With a proper understanding and application of this simple technique, vegetables can be grown with minimum irrigation—and less backache!