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Berries, apples, melons, and grapes; oranges, grapefruits, bananas -- yum! This scrumptious picture book, a companion to The Vegetables We Eat, offers youngsters an inviting, information-packed cornucopia of favorite fruits. Gail Gibbons combines a clear, simple text with her signature illustrations to present fruit facts galore: the parts of fruits, where and how they grow, harvesting, processing, where to buy them, and how to enjoy them as part of a healthy diet.

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The prolific Gibbons tackles fruits--how they grow, their parts, and what portions we eat. . . . it may be just the ticket before a school trip to a farm. --Kirkus Reviews

The prolific Gibbons tackles fruits--how they grow, their parts, and what portions we eat. . . . it may be just the ticket before a school trip to a farm.--Kirkus Reviews

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According to The Washington Post, Gail Gibbons ""has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator."" The multi award-winning Ms. Gibbons is the author of more than 100 books for young readers, including the bestselling titles From Seed to Plant and Monarch Butterfly. Her many honors include the Regina Medal, the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award and the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Award.

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