You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Vegetables

by Alex Woolf

The world would be much better without yucky vegetables, right? Wrong! Vegetables provide us with vitamins that make us healthier and are used to make things like dyes and adhesives. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Vegetables! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.

Genres: Childrens, History, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Science

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Alex Woolf is a prolific, award-winning author of books for adults and children. In his non-fiction he has written on subjects as diverse as sharks, robots, asteroids, flying reptiles and chocolate. His novels span a range of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, steampunk and horror.

Alex is a regular author for Fiction Express, online publishers of interactive stories for schools. Fiction Express is read by more than 150,000 students from 20 countries. Two of his stories have won reader awards. In 2021, he won the prestigious ASE award for his non-fiction book Think Like a Scientist. His horror novel, Soul Shadows, was shortlisted for the Falkirk Red Book Award. Bestselling crime author Peter James described his novel Aldo Moon as “a real delight, witty, ghostly and at times deliciously ghastly”.

Reviews

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book on vegetables for children! Lots of great information on edible vegetation!

[Critterbee❇ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A primer on the history of vegetables and a lesson about what a vegetable is and is not. You would be surprised by what is not actually a vegetable!

[Koravat(Ing) Vidhayapat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I licke vegable