With recipes, hands-on activities, and need-to-know information about how your meal gets to your table, this book is an introduction to vegetables, describing where they are grown, how we eat them, and why they are good for you.
Describes different kinds of foods in the vegetable group, how foods from this group keep the body healthy, and how many servings to eat daily, and introduces the healthy eating tool MyPyramid.
When Nicki refuses to eat her vegetables, she goes from being called Princess Perfect to Princess Picky, and the worried king orders his staff to create bribes fit for a finicky royal eater.
Introduces the numbers one through ten as vegetables and numbers dance together at the king's and queen's garden party before jumping into the soup to be eaten by a crowned boy and girl.
Explains how to start your own vegetable garden and how to cope with common problems, describing the round of activities from month to month throughout the year.
