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Homegrown Fruit February 2026 |
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American Canopy: Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
by Eric Rutkow
577.3/RUT
This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation's history. Eric Rutkow's deeply fascinating (The Boston Globe) work shows how trees were essential to the early years of the republic and indivisible from the country's rise as both an empire and a civilization. Among American Canopy's many captivating stories: the Liberty Trees, where colonists gathered to plot rebellion against the British; Henry David Thoreau's famous retreat into the woods; the creation of New York City's Central Park; the great fire of 1871 that killed a thousand people in the lumber town of Peshtigo, Wisconsin; the fevered attempts to save the American chestnut and the American elm from extinction; and the controversy over spotted owls and the old-growth forests they inhabited. Rutkow also explains how trees were of deep interest to such figures as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt, and Franklin Roosevelt, who oversaw the planting of some three billion trees nationally in his time as president. Never before has anyone treated our country's trees and forests as the subject of a broad historical study, and the result is an accessible, informative, and thoroughly entertaining read. Audacious in its four-hundred-year scope, authoritative in its detail, and elegant in its execution, American Canopy is perfect for history buffs and nature lovers alike and announces Eric Rutkow as a major new author of popular history.
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The Tree Book. : The Stories, Science, and History of Trees
by Dorling Kindersley Ltd
582.16/TRE
"Trees occur naturally throughout the world and have been a part of human history almost as long as humans have existed. Used for shelter, tools, fuel, and food, they also help supply the atmosphere with oxygen and form astonishingly diverse ecosystems, as well as some of the world's most beautiful landscapes. Now the intricate world of leafy woodlands and abundant rainforests is revealed in this extensive visual guide to trees, exploring their key scientific traits and their ecological importance, as well as their enduring significance in human history and culture. From ancient oaks and great redwoods to lush banyans and imposing kapoks, The Tree Book reveals the anatomy, behaviors, and beauty of these incredible plants and habitats in detail. Combiningnatural history and a scientific overview with a wider look at the history, uses, symbolism, and mythology of trees, this book is a new kind of guide to these fascinating organisms"
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The Pruning Specialist: The Essential Guide to Caring for Shrubs, Trees, Climbers, Hedges, Conifers, Roses and Fruit Trees
by David Squire
631.542/SQU
Beautifully illustrated and encyclopedic in scope, this is the only guide you'll ever need to become a pruning expert. It includes a vast wealth of information on trimming all types of plant life, from shrubs, trees, climbers and hedges to conifers, roses and fruit-bearing vegetation. You'll also benefit from the special sections on working with arches, tunnels and topiary.
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Grow Fruit. Alan Buckingham
by Alan Buckingham
634/BUC
From ripe berries bursting with juice, to apples, plums or cherries, its easy to grow your own fruit, no matter how little room you have. This book provides foolproof, step-by-step advice and all the practical know-how you need to fill your fruit bowl with home-grown produce.
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Holistic Orcharding with Michael Phillips (DVD)
634/HOL | Adult Non-Fiction DVD
Every farm and homestead can enjoy the timeless pleasure of a fruit orchard. Yet this can also be challenging, because few people today have the depth of knowledge and experience that's needed to produce healthy trees and nutritious, great-tasting fruit. At the same time, both orchardists and consumers are looking to avoid spraying harmful and expensive chemicals on their trees. The answer is to create a more holistic orchard, one that emphasizes biological health and diversity - from the microscopic fungi in the soil to the beneficial insects, companion plants, and the birds and wildlife that together form a complete and living orchard ecosystem. In other words, it's time for us to start working with nature, rather than fighting against it. Michael Phillips is a pioneering author and orchardist whose books include The Holistic Orchard and The Apple Grower. In this video, he leads viewers through a year in his own orchard, demonstrating basic horticultural skills like grafting and pruning, but also revealing groundbreaking and field-tested strategies for growing apples and other tree fruits not just organically, but holistically. With this information in hand, there's now every reason to confidently plant that very first fruit tree!
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Grow Your Own in Pots: With 30 Step-By-Step Projects Using Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs
by Kay Maguire
Discover the essential techniques to growing more than 60 vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers in containers. With this book you can use the best varieties and techniques to turn the tiniest space into a productive and attractive growing space. Follow 30 tried-and-tested 'recipes' to choose top-tasting combinations such as growing tomato with basil, vegetables that thrive in small spaces, and grow-your-own fruit salads. Discover the essential techniques that every container gardener needs to know, and use the crop directory to find out the best way to grow more than 60 vegetables, fruits, salads, herbs and edible flowers. This is the sixth title in the bestselling Grow Your Own series.
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Grow Something Different to Eat: Weird and Wonderful Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables for Your Garden
by Matthew Biggs
635/BIG
Discover more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles, from cucamelons to strawberry popcorn, in this seed-to-plate guide that inspires you to cultivate amazing new fruit and vegetable crops. Whether you're a beginner and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly unique and heirloom harvest, or a seasoned grower looking to spice up your cooking with gourmet flavors, the step-by-step instructions give you the confidence to grow some unusually tasty crops. Choose from fruiting vegetables such as orange eggplants and hyacinth beans, salad greens such as fiddlehead ferns and sushi hostas, grains such as quinoa and chia, and luscious fruits such as honeyberries and white strawberries. All plants can be started indoors and transplanted, grown outdoors in the garden, or kept as houseplants. With versatile gardening advice for growing in a variety of spaces and situations, plus cooking suggestions and preserving options, a weird and wonderful harvest is guaranteed.
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The New Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
by Matthew Biggs
635/BIG
This new edition of the classic reference, Vegetable, Herbs and Fruit is updated in design and expanded by 60 pages, covering a total of over 70 vegetables, 100 herbs and 100 popular fruits. The most current information on plant varieties and cultivation techniques make it the essential sourcebook for all food gardeners, especially for anyone who would like to start gowing their own produce, who feels they could use some expert advice.--
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Grow Food Anywhere: How to Plant the Right Crops in the Right Places and Help Your Garden Thrive
by Lucy Chamberlain
635/CHA
In this book, expert gardener and vegetable grower Lucy Chamberlain breaks down the environments you may find in your garden into seven zones, from sunny and sheltered to shady and dry--as well as using indoor space. Following the principle of right crop, right place, everyone can grow fruits and vegetables that will thrive in their space, large or small. Including varieties of vegetables, fruits, herbs, edible flowers, and container crops, there is something here for everyone--from favorites like chilis and figs to honeyberry, wasabi, agretti, and amaranth. Learn how to identify and map the zones of your space, make the most of the natural conditions, collect water, use a greenhouse effectively, and understand the basics of what's happening in the soil. With photographs of crops, diagrams of each zone, and a troubleshooting guide to managing plant problems, this book will truly enable gardeners to grow food anywhere--]cProvided by publisher.
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The Food Forward Garden: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes
by Christian Douglas
635/DOU
Discover a high-style approach to vegetable gardening from award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas. What if, instead of relegating our vegetable patch to a remote corner of the backyard, we brought it forward? What if we integrated edibles into our decorative landscapes, letting vegetables, herbs, fruits, and berries share prime real estate alongside our patios, pools, even our front walkways? Equal parts inspiration and instruction, and filled with an abundance of ideas and information, The Food Forward Garden is a lushly illustrated guide to how we can make better use of our outdoor spaces without sacrificing style. In this comprehensive manual, award-winning landscape designer Christian Douglas shows us how the intrinsic beauty and seasonal rhythms of edibles bring a new level of purpose, meaning, and stunning visual pleasure to the home garden.
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Crops in Tight Spots: Grow Amazing Fruit and Vegetables Wherever You Like
by Alex Mitchell
635/MIT
Selected as one of the best gardening reads of 2019 by The Daily Mail Short of outdoor space but want to grow fruit and vegetables? Congratulations. Really, lucky you. Not for you the back-breaking trudge of tending large spaces of land, the weeding, digging and pest vigilance. Gluts? They will mean nothing to you. Instead you can look forward to small but perfectly formed bursts of flavor. Handfuls of fresh leaves, berries and tomatoes, just when you want them, and at arm's reach. As more of us live in cities with restricted outside spaces, growing food becomes all the more important, not just for the delicious results, but as a mindful way to connect us to the seasons and to nature. Full of tried-and-tested, fool-proof crop ideas exclusively tailored for containers, raised beds and small gardens, Crops in Tight Spots guarantees vegetable growing success for even the most newbie of gardeners and limited of spaces.
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Grow. Food. Anywhere.: The New Guide to Small-Space Gardening
by Mat Pember
Whether you've got a back garden, a balcony, a tiny courtyard or a patch of earth in a shared space, this book offers inspiration - and instruction - for growing good things to eat. The book has three sections: What plants need; an A-Z of Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs; and an A-Z of Pests. These instructional chapters cover everything from: why soil matters; composting; how to use pots and planters; how to select the right growing style; what to plant and when; harvesting; troubleshooting; pruning; and more. Reflecting the authors' no-nonsense approach to planting, the book combines instructional photographs, step-by-step illustrations and beautiful shots of the plants and schemes to make growing your own food both a joy and a doddle.
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All-In-One Garden: Grow Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs and Flowers in the Same Space
by Graham Rice
635/RIC
Think you can't have it all? Well, you can, at least in the garden, because many common food-producing plants also offer beautiful foliage or flowers. By simply following these creative suggestions, even novice gardeners can transform large or small spaces into high-yield gardens bursting with delicious, organically grown fruits, vegetables, and spectacular flowers. More than 90 color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations are provided, along with expert design and plant care tips. The invaluable advice on selecting and buying plants, creating attractive beds and borders, working with rocky or difficult soil, container gardening, and maximizing food production will ensure multi-season beauty and bounty.
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Growing perennial foods : a field guide to raising resilient herbs, fruits & vegetables
by Acadia Tucker
635/TUC
Acadia Tucker's longtime love affair with perennial foods has produced this easy-to-understand guide to growing and harvesting them. A regenerative farmer deeply concerned about global warming, Tucker believes there may be no better time to plant these hardy crops. Sturdy and deep rooted, perennials can weather climate extremes more easily than annuals. They tend to thrive without chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and they don't need as much water, either. These long-lived plants also help build healthy soil, turning the very ground we stand on into a giant carbon sponge. Tucker lays the groundwork for tending an organic, regenerative garden. For her, this is gardening as if our future depends on it, and she spells out why. Most of the book is dedicated to profiles of 34 popular herbs, fruits, and vegetables, with instructions on how to plant, grow, and harvest them. Tucker also includes 34 recipes.
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Backyard Harvest: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables
by Jo Whittingham
635/WHI
From sowing and planting to growing and harvesting, Backyard Harvest covers storing, freezing, and preserving tips so that you can enjoy your garden's bounty into the winter months and throughout the early-spring gap when little is ready to harvest. Jo Whittingham, a gardener and gardening writer who has written for a range of gardening magazines, is the author of DK's Simple Steps to Success: Vegetable Gardening, and served as consultant on The Kitchen Garden and Grow Fruit.
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Grow for Flavor: Tips and Tricks to Supercharge the Flavor of Homegrown Harvests
by James Wong
635/WON
Gardeners can be disappointed by the insipid flavor of the vegetables and fruit that they have so carefully nurtured. The problem, according to botanist James Wong, is that many conventional gardening practices are based on pure myth or faulty science. They create bumper crops at the expense of flavor and nutrition. It doesn't have to be that way. After trial and error of cutting-edge horticultural techniques and extensive review of more than 2,000 journal papers from around the globe, Wong turns the tables on old-school advice with a radical new system that transforms the flavor and nutrition of homegrown produce.
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Micro food gardening : project plans and plants for growing fruits and veggies in tiny spaces
by Jen McGuinness
635.986/McG
Tiny plants are poised to take over the gardening world. And no category of tiny plants is as welcome and wildly embraceable as tiny edibles. Not only are they cute as a button, but they're tasty and nutritious, too! In Micro Food Gardening, author and small-space gardening pro Jen McGuinness introduces you to a world of miniature edible plants and dozens of DIY projects for growing them. Not everyone has room to grow a full-sized tomato plant or a melon vine that takes up more room than your car, but everyone has space for a micro tomato that tops out at the height of a Barbie doll or a dwarf watermelon with vines that won't grow any longer than your leg. From miniature herbs and salad greens to tiny strawberry plants, baby beets, and mini cabbages, you'll quickly discover that micro gardening offers a surprisingly diverse and delicious array of edible opportunities. Plus, with step-by-step instructions for a plethora of DIY micro food gardening projects, you'll be up and growing in no time at all. Whether you micro garden on a high-rise balcony, an itty bitty patio, a front porch container, or even in a basket on the handlebars of your bicycle, there are mini food plants ready to start cranking out fresh produce just a few weeks after planting
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The Vertical Veg guide to container gardening : how to grow an abundance of herbs, vegetables and fruit in small spaces
by Mark Ridsdill Smith
635.986/RID
"From the creator of the wildly popular website and YouTube channel 'Vertical Veg' comes the complete guide to growing delicious fruit, vegetables, herbs and salad in containers, pots and more - in any space at home - no matter how small! If you long to grow your own tomatoes, courgettes or strawberries, but thought you didn't have enough space, Mark Ridsdill Smith, aka the 'Vertical Veg Man,' will show you how. Make the most of walls, balconies, patios, arches and windowsills and create rich, beautiful and delicious homegrown food (indoors and out) - and put the savings back in your pocket.
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Fear No Fruit
641.3/FEA | Adult Non-Fiction DVD
Explores the career of produce entrepreneur Frieda Caplan and the company she built around the marketing of fruit.
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Pulp: A Practical Guide to Cooking with Fruit
by Abra Berens
641.64/BER
Pulp will change your mind about fruit. It's not just for eating out of hand, baking into a pie, or preserving into a jam or jelly. Roasted fruit can enhance a pork chop or add tartness and fleshy heft to grains. Apricots can be tucked into the most delicious grilled cheese, their brilliant flavor and hue the irresistible stars of the sandwich. Infinitely delicious, endlessly adaptable fruit can center a meal. Here are 95 approachable, healthful recipes for 22 fruits in sweet and savory preparations, each featuring the acidity, sweetness, color, and texture different fruits bring to the plate. Pulp, like beloved author Abra Berens's award-winning first and second cookbooks, Ruffage (on vegetables) and Grist (on grains, beans, and legumes), is written with the same highly approachable structure and recipe style. Each fruit chapter is broken into techniques-raw, roasted, and stewed, for example-with a sweet recipe and a savory recipe for each technique--
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Fruitful: Four Seasons of Fresh Fruit Recipes
by Brian Nicholson
641.64/NIC
Fruitful is a trip to the local orchard, overflowing with ripe, seasonal produce -- and it's not just desserts! From sweet to savory, including fresh juices, every chapter is devoted to the produce of the moment: rhubarb, strawberries, apples, plums, apricots, peaches, quinces, pears, and more. This delectable cookbook showcases the bounty from New York's favorite orchard, illustrated with gorgeous full-color photography throughout -- but all of the fruit can be found wherever you live. Pies and cobblers are only the beginning of four seasons of recipes celebrating fruit: Strawberry-Black Pepper Granita, Spicy Roast Chicken with Rhubarb Chutney, Scallop and Blueberry Ceviche, Grilled Peach, Shrimp, and Prosciutto Skewers, and Rustic Apricot and Raspberry Crostada offer a taste of the juicy dishes inside. And twenty-five recipes will come from fruit-loving chefs who count themselves among Red Jacket's devoted customers: a few of the contributors include Dan Barber, Jonathan Waxman, Karen DeMasco, and Melissa Clark. Whether it's a bushel of peaches or a bundle of rhubarb, you'll find plenty to dish up here.
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Jam Session: A Fruit-Preserving Handbook [A Cookbook]
by Joyce Goldstein
641.852/GOL
Eater Best New Cookbook of Summer 2018 - A handbook for fruit preserving, with 75 basic and special recipes for jams, jellies, chutneys, and compotes, by chef emeritus and master preserver Joyce Goldstein. Jam Session is the lushly photographed and selective guide to making all-natural fruit preserves, organized by type of fruit and seasonal availability, with descriptions of the best varieties for preserving plus master recipes and contemporary variations for each type of fruit. Former restaurant chef/owner, culinary historian, and master preserver Joyce Goldstein includes straightforward, no-fail instructions for canning fruit preserves, along with serving ideas for using preserves for much more than toast, including Mango-Lime Jam to elevate pork tenderloin, Pickled Peaches to perk up fried chicken, and Apricot Jam to glaze cake. Packed with ideas, 75 time-tested recipes, and gorgeous photographs of produce, process, and finished fruit preserves, preserving newcomers and veterans alike will find Goldstein's handbook just the right amount of instruction and inspiration.
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Decadent Fruit Desserts: Fresh and Inspiring Treats to Excite Your Senses
by Jackie Bruchez
641.86/BRU
These easy yet delectable treats make fruit the star, reducing the amount of sugar and using the whole fruit (root-to-stem trend) to minimize waste and maximize nutritional output. Enjoy naturally sweetened, less processed desserts with Decadent Fruit Desserts. Featuring a wide variety of flavors, the desserts are easy enough for any occasion, but will impress family and friends. Jackie Bruchez takes timeless desserts and highlights fruit as a delicious way to add a punch of flavor and natural color. Make mousse vibrant and refreshing with an infusion of mango or whip up a traditional panna cotta but with a unique pomegranate twist. Including classic cakes and cupcakes like Banana Foster Cake and Orange Cranberry Cupcakes, and sophisticated curds, there's a fruit dessert for everyone.
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For the young and young-at-heart
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Why Do Plants Have Fruits?
by Celeste Bishop
581.464J/BIS
Fruit is among the worlds tastiest foods, but theres more to it than just being a delicious snack. This volume teaches readers that every time they bite into a piece of fruit, theyre actually eating an important plant part. Readers learn how to identify the basic parts of fruit, including the very important seeds contained within. This text supports important elementary science curricula, including life cycles and plant reproduction. The texts age-appropriate language makes these essential science concepts easy to understand, creating a reading experience thats both fun and educational.
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What Grows in an Orchard?
by Elise Collier
634J/COL
This title looks at the types of plants that can be found in and around orchards. The text shows several orchard plants and explains what their roles are. Readers will learn how these plants grow, what they need to survive, and how they can be cared for. Colorful photographs and manageable language give young readers the resources to become excited about reading. This text introduces students to essential biology and life science concepts.
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Box Tales: Grow, Strawberries, Grow!: A Funny, Heartwarming Graphic Novel about Friendship and Problem-Solving, Perfect for Early Readers
by James Burks
J GN/BUR | Youth Fiction Graphic Novel
Beatrix and Box want to eat a million strawberries! But their only way to do it is to grow their own strawberry garden! But well, how do you plant a garden? Do fruits grow in the ground? Is there a pickle tree? Or a blueberry muffin bush? Where are the magic beans? And what do you talk to your plants about if you want them to grow big and strong? The two friends plant. They water. They wait, and they wait, and they wait some more. They had no idea it takes this long for plants to grow. Who has the patience to wait this long? And who or what is nibbling on the leaves? Beatrix and Box's frustrations are growing faster than their garden. Will Beatrix and Box run out of patience and quit before their garden bears fruit, or will they feast on the goodies they grow?--
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How Do You Eat Color?
by Mabi David
PIC/DAV
As a boy, girl, and their chameleon journey through their day, they discover a rainbow of fruits and vegetables--
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Sometimes We Fall
by Randall de Sève
PIC/DES
Baby Bear wants to climb a tree and eat delicious plums with Mama Bear but is overcome with a progression of worrisome possibilities, until Mama Bear gently reassures Baby Bear about the importance of taking risks.
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Un Pregón de Frutas / A Song of Frutas
by Margarita Engle
PIC/ENG/KIT | Youth Spanish VOX/Wonderbook Kit / PIC/ENG
Cuando visitamos a abuelo, lo ayudo a vender frutas, pregonando los nombres de cada una mientras caminamos: nuestros pasos repican como tambores, nuestras manos, cual maracas, que suenan agitan los brillantes colores de las frutas... Vivo lejos de abuelo, pero podemos cantar rimas de ida y vuelta entre nuestros dos países, nuestros versos en papel vuelan como aves cantoras, cada sílaba un abrazo hecho de palabras.
While visiting her abuelo in Cuba, a young girl helps him sell frutas, singing the name of each fruit as they walk, and after she returns to the United States, they exchange letters made of abrazos--hugs. Includes historical and cultural notes.
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Apples and Robins
by Lucie Felix
PIC/FEL
Using die-cut pages, the story explores the shapes and colors of an apple tree through the passing of the seasons.
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Tasty Fruit
by Nadia Higgins
PIC/HIG/KIT
Tasty Fruit is good to eat, but did you know that plants use fruit to spread their seeds? See how fruits help plants grow in this beautifully illustrated story set to music. Aligned with NGSS, this hardcover book comes with CD and online music access.
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The Red Fruit
by Lee Gee Eun
PIC/LEE
When he gets hit in the head by a delicious red fruit, Baby Bear searches for more of this elusive treat until he finds the biggest red fruit of all, in this delightful story about first discoveries and always landing in a safe place.--
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There's No Such Thing as Vegetables
by Kyle Lukoff
PIC/LUK
Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him down. According to them, vegetables don't exist!
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Alien tomato
by Kristen Schroeder
PIC/SCH
When a mysterious red orb appears one day, the vegetables are not sure what to make of it and they decide that it must be an alien tomato, but Gopher is not convinced
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One Red Apple
by Harriet Ziefert
PIC/ZIE
Follows the life cycle of one red apple: from a fruit growing on a tree to store, to picnic, to seed, to sapling and tree, and finally a new apple--Amazon.com.
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