Washoe County Library System

Presents a history of pumpkins, how they are grown, their nutritional value, and recipes using pumpkin.

When snack foods take over the food pyramid and make it collapse, members of the various food groups have to work together using the Great Food Guide to rebuild it.

Supersleuth Cam Jansen solves three mysteries during her class's Sports and Good Nutrition Day.

The best part of a young child's day is often opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did all that delicious food get there? Who made the bread for the sandwich? What about the cheese inside? Who plucked the fruit? And where did the chocolate in that cookie get its start? From planting wheat to mixing flour into dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look...

Simple text and photographs describe the food guide pyramid and show examples of food in each group.