There’s No Such Thing as Vegetables

A hilarious new picture book that exposes vegetables for what they truly are-leaves, roots, flowers, and stalks-by National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff, perfect for fans of the Our Universe series. Chester plans to have a salad for lunch, but in order to do that, he'll need vegetables. So, off he goes to the community garden, except he quickly learns that he won't be dressing a salad anytime soon. Instead, the vegetables start dressing him. down. According to them, "vegetables" don't exist. I know what you are thinking: What the bell pepper. Vegetables are totally real. But here's the thing: Kale is just a leaf, broccoli is a flower, potatoes are roots, and celery. well, stalks. Thanks to a lively, sassy cast of talking "veggies," Chester learns a valuable lesson about categories and how they shape our understanding of the world. With a slyly informative text and illustrations that will crack readers up, the schooling in There's No Such Thing As Vegetables. will be easy to digest and is a total treat.