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February 20, 2010

Kids' Fun & Healthy Cookbook
by Nicola Graimes

Put the fun back into healthy eating with this bright and colorful cookbook. This lively collection encourages kids to consider what they eat and how it affects their bodies, without preaching. Yummy interpretations of old classics, as well as new recipes destined to become classic help turn eating into a delicious treat.

Grocery Gardening:
Planting, Preparing, and Preserving Fresh Food
by Jean Ann Van Krevelen

This useful book includes garden planning, planting, preparing, preserving, and nutritional information for each of the more than twenty selected edibles. In addition to tips on when to harvest home grown vegetables, the authors offer advice on how to select the freshest produce at the local market, and select complementary ingredients to combine with your homegrown edibles.

Louisa May Alcott:
The Woman Behind Little Women
by Harriet Reisen

This biography portrays a writer as worthy of interest in her own right as her most famous character, Jo March, and addresses all aspects of Alcott's life. Stories and details from Alcott's journals, her equally rich letters to family, friends, publishers, and admiring readers, and the correspondence, journals, and recollections of her family, friends, and famous contemporaries provide the basis for this lively account of the author's classic rags-to-riches tale.