Rebecca Rupp

Vegetables are more than just food for humans--they've been characters, companions, and even protagonists throughout history. Join Rebecca Rupp for some little-known stories about the origins, legends, and historical significance of the world's most popular vegetables.

This event is part of Screen-Free Week at Phoenix Books Essex, and we hope it will inspire you to get out there and garden or, if you prefer, to enjoy some facetime with your friends and family over a meal containing a healthy - and interesting - serving of vegetables. We'll bet you find a few conversation-starters among Rebecca's stories!

Rebecca Rupp has written more than a dozen books for children and adults. She holds a PhD in cell biology and biochemistry and has written hundreds of articles for magazines, including Country Journal, Early American Life, Mother Earth News, Natural History, and Utne Reader. She is the resource editor for Home Education Magazine, a contributing editor to GreenPrints, and an educational consultant to the Vermont Center for the Book. She lives in Vermont.

Screen-Free Week is a national celebration when children, families, schools, and communities spend seven days turning off entertainment screen media and turning ON life! It's time to unplug and play, read, create, garden, explore nature, and spend time with family and friends.

Location: Street: 21 Essex Way Ste 407 Additional: City: Essex Junction, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05452 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Teachers and librarians are invited to join us for giveaways, drawings, a special author event with Rebecca Rupp and Linda Urban, and more!

The reception will start at 4pm, with light fare, giveaways, and time for shopping and socializing. We'll also have Rapid Reviews available, from our team of children's book experts. At 5:30pm, we'll invite you to sit down with Rebecca Rupp and Linda Urban to learn a little about their newest books and to participate in a Q&A. We're very excited to have these two wonderful children's authors here especially for our local educators!

Plus, we'll be offering a 20% discount to teachers and librarians on books for both classroom and personal use! This discount will apply all day at both Phoenix locations. (Some exceptions apply.)

Rebecca Rupp is the beloved author of more than a dozen books for young readers, among them The Dragon of Lonely Island, Sarah Simpson’s Rules for Living, and Octavia Boone’s Big Questions About Life, the Universe, and Everything. She and her family live in Swanton, Vermont. Linda Urban’s debut novel, A Crooked Kind of Perfect, was selected for many best books lists and was nominated for twenty state awards. Her novel Hound Dog True received four starred reviews and was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2011. A former bookseller, she lives in Montpelier, Vermont, with her family.

Location: Street: 21 Essex Way Ste 407 Additional: City: Essex Junction, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05452 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

How Carrots Won The Trojan War, a rollicking, addictive discussion of the history, lore, cultural associations, and traditions associated with 23 popular vegetables. History buffs and vegetable lovers will find common ground while learning how beans beat back the Dark Ages and peppers won the Nobel Prize.

Author Rebecca Rupp brings her witty, well-crafted storytelling to the world of vegetables, offering a new perspective on their place in human history. Readers will discover why Roman gladiators were massaged with onion juice before battle, that cucumbers may be afraid of thunderstorms, and why some 17th-century turnips were considered degenerate.

Written for gardeners, foodies, and anyone curious about the history of their favorite veggies, How Carrots Won The Trojan War satisfies on every level. As a recent selection of the History and Military Book Clubs, it clearly has appeal across a variety of genres. With generous portions of humor and intriguing little-known facts, readers are sure to love – and endlessly retell – these unique and flavorful stories.

Location: Street: 4869 Main St Additional: City: Manchester Center, Province: Vermont Postal Code: 05255 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Rebecca Rupp reads from Octavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe and Everything.

Rebecca Rupp will read from Octavia Boone's Big Questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything. In this "provocative" and "often funny" new middle grade novel, Octavia is torn between her parents' opposing views on some big questions, and finds it's time to make some choices of her own (Kirkus Reviews). Rebecca Rupp has a Ph.D. in cell biology, and is the author of several books, including Dragons of Lonely Island and The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook. She lives in Shaftsbury, Vermont. (phoenixbooksvt)… (more)