This book was okay. I liked reading about onions. Onions are good cooked but cutting them is tearful. It was fascinating to know that peas aren't considered vegetables. I was always told that potatoes aren't vegetables.In the book it said that potatoes are vegetables. Vegetables provide nutrients and vitamins for the human body. This I find sad because eating vegetables does not taste good all the time.
This book talked about some history. Emperor Augustus has a fondness for asparagus, he used it as a term for racing. "he's faster than boiled asparagus!". Onions are used as a medication and was worth a lot back in the day. An onion could even pay of your taxes. Athlete's rubbed onions on their skin believing they would run faster. The myth that carrots give you better vision was formed in WW2. The British were using a radar to shoot down German planes at night and they joked about it being the carrots they ate which helped them see better.

This is a cute, funny, fact filled tribute to the importance of vegetables! A wonderfully fun read, with interesting historical facts and engaging illustrations. ( )

This was a terrific mid-to-upper elementary informational book. The book featured some of the least liked vegetables, a history of the vegetable, fun facts about them, and how they are grown. I learned a lot of interesting facts while reading the book, and I was amazed and appreciative of the amount of work and research the author put into this story. Media: Digital Media