When Flame Saved the Cows
By Anna-Stina Johansson, the first in a series of stories from Sweden
"It's winter in the forest of Lappland, but I'm cozily sitting in my soft armchair. Oh, how rude of me. I have forgotten to tell you my name. I am The Flame and I look like a flame of fire. I am invisible to grown-up people. Only animals and children can see me. Now I'm going to tell you about one of my adventures from last autumn..."

Juice Train
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
"Down the railroad tracks, | Comes a choo-choo train. | It delivers all my juices. In the sun or rain..."

Snack Garden
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
"Welcome to the snack garden | Where you'll find plenty to eat | From fruits and veggies | To potatoes and wheat..."

King Healthy
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
"In the veg castle | There lives a king | Who eats very well | And enjoys everything..."

Salad Bowl
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
"Start with lettuce. | Add tomatoes. | What's in your salad? | This is how mine goes..."

Potato Fred
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
Hello, I'm Potato Fred - the best food of all! | Do you want to know why? | Because there are three ways to cook me. | Bake, mash, or fry..."

A Food Rainbow
Poetry & Activity for children by Sarah V. Richard, illustrated by & Will Tanner
Strawberries - Mmm! | Tomatoes - Great! | Radishes - Yum! | It's a vegetarian's fate..."

Rude Robaire
Fiction for children by Sylvia Brich Thompson
Robaire, the French Lop-Earred Rabbit, pushed away his plate. "I'm tired of airy souffles." He used his long ears as a napkin and burped loudly. Mere, his mother, glared across the table...

The Missing Bees
By Anne Lenssen
"One spring morning Anthony looked out the window at the garden. 'I don't see any bees today, Mom. Are they taking the day off?' His mom laughed and shook her head. 'Guess it's too cold and windy....looks like rain. Honeybees won't come out in this weather'..."

The Store on the Corner Sells Tofu
By Mary Jastron
""The store on the corner has new owners. I think they're Chinese," Mom said, pointing to the sign in the window. Inside the store, I was surprised to see Pham, the new boy at school. "What are you doing here?" I asked..."

Food For Thought: Crazy English Food Idioms
By Deborah Rubin Fields
"No one ever said (or should have said) that English is easy to learn. Not only is English grammar difficult, English spelling is in a class of its own. (I won't even mention what it's like learning to read and write in English.) Besides all the above-mentioned problems, there are what I call the crazy "unclassifieds" you come across in English..."

The Life of the Lonely Lima Bean
By T.R. Gonzalez
"When friends get together to all be enjoyed, | there is always a bore they try to avoid. | Such is the life of the lonely lima bean, | always forgotten or so it may seem..."

Spinach & Broccoli Pie Surprise
By Pascale Duguay
A humorous story about a vegetarian child and her bully. A girl who finds a clever and healthy way to befriend a much feared prankster and turn everyone into a winner.

The ABC's of Fruits and Vegetables
From the Healthy Highways website
"Let's start with A for applesauce | We'll show the apples who's the boss | We'll squeeze and squish and squash and squoosh | Until the apples turn to mush..."

A Beautiful & Yummy Garden
From the CHOICE website
"Like many children, Ricky and his sister Randi never had. So, they knew little about where food comes from, or how incredible fruits, vegetables, grains, beans and nuts really are..."