Fruit bowl by Hoffmann, Mark 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2018)

BTSB #: 452396 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
AR: 2 LG Lexile: 400 AD F&P: M

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Tomatoes - Fiction Fruit - Fiction Vegetables - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: A tomato tries to convince his fellow companions that he belongs in the fruit bowl too, but his efforts prove "fruitless" and will require the authoritative voice of Old Man Produce to settle the debate.

Garlic & the vampire by Paulsen, Bree 

BTSB Prebound(Quill Tree Books, 2021)

BTSB #: 704259 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 8-12   


Genres:

Subjects: Vampires - Fiction Garlic - Fiction Humorous fiction Vegetables - Fiction Villages - Fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Garlic feels as though she's always doing the wrong thing. When her village of vegetable folk learn that a bloodthirsty vampire has moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, in spite of her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is the obvious choice to confront him. After all, garlic drives away vampires . . . right? In graphic novel format.

Good morning, Farmer Carmen! [Katie Woo's Neighborhood]by Manushkin, Fran 

BTSB Prebound(Picture Window Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 602131 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 2.4 LG Lexile: 490

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Farmers - Fiction Vegetables - Fiction Chinese Americans - Fiction

Summary: Katie learns what a vegetable farmer does when she visits a farm and helps sell the vegetables at a farmers market.

Magic Pickle by Morse, Scott 

Paperback(Scholastic, 2008)

BTSB #: 660411 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 7-10   


Genres:

Subjects: Pickles - Fiction Superheroes - Fiction Supervillains - Fiction Vegetables - Fiction Humorous fiction Graphic novels

Summary: Magic Pickle, or "Weapon Kosher," as his creator, Dr. Jekkel Formaldehyde likes to call him, is the product of a top-secret U.S. Army lab. Unfortunately, the 1950s experiments to turn vegetables into soldiers went wrong. Sure, they created Magic Pickle, the flying dill soldier, but they also let loose a bunch of rotten vegetables, like the Romaine Gladiator, Chili Chili Bang Bang, the Phantom Carrot, and Peashooter. This Brotherhood of Evil Produce is out to take over the world. In graphic novel format.

Sam the Man & the rutabaga plan. #2 [Sam the man Volume: 2]by Dowell, Frances O'Roark 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2017)

BTSB #: 288999 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-9   
AR: 4.2 LG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 690 F&P: O

Genres:

Subjects: Vegetables - Fiction Rutabagas - Fiction

Summary: Second book in series--Sam the Man is not a vegetable man. But when a school project has him paired up with the worst of all the vegetables -- the rutabaga-- he soon will learn that it's not half bad. And as he grows fond of his new little friend, Sam the Man will have to come up with a plan on how to keep him happy before he rots!