Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781534460072)

Meet fearless Frieda Caplan--the produce pioneer who changed the way Americans eat by introducing exciting new fruits and vegetables, from baby carrots to blood oranges to kiwis--in this brightly illustrated nonfiction picture book

In 1956, Frieda Caplan started working at the Seventh Street Produce Market in Los Angeles. Instead of competing with the men in the business with their apples, potatoes, and tomatoes, Frieda thought, why not try something new? Staring with mushrooms, Frieda began introducing fresh and unusual foods to her customers--snap peas, seedless watermelon, mangos, and more

This groundbreaking woman brought a whole world of delicious foods to the United States, forever changing the way we eat. Frieda Caplan was always willing to try something new--are you?

Author: Mara Rockliff
ISBN-10: 1534460071
ISBN-13: 9781534460072
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Language: English
Published: 01/12/2021
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516374 / Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2020
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2020
Booklist 12/01/2020 pg. 38
School Library Journal 12/01/2020 pg. 112
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 135
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style