Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat by Rockliff, Mara

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 RockliffPublisher: Beach Lane BooksPublished: 01/12/2021Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 11.10h x 8.80w x 0.80dISBN: 9781534460072Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.3Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 516374 / Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We EatReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2020Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2020Publishers Weekly 11/23/2020Booklist 12/01/2020 pg. 38School Library Journal 12/01/2020 pg. 112Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2021 pg. 135Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2021 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In StyleAbout the AuthorMara Rockliff is the author of many historical books for children, including Mesmerized, winner of the Cook Prize and an Orbis Pictus Honor book, and Gingerbread for Liberty!, an ALA Notable Children's Book and winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award and Land of Enchantment Book Award. Under the pen name Lewis B. Montgomery, she wrote all twelve books in the popular Milo and Jazz Mysteries chapter book series, which has been translated into Spanish, French, and Chinese. She lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with her family. Visit her online at MaraRockliff.com. Giselle Potter has illustrated many books, including Try It! by Mara Rockliff, All by Himself? by Elana K. Arnold, and Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as her own Tell Me What to Dream About, This Is My Dollhouse, and The Year I Didn't Go to School, about traveling through Italy with her parents' puppet troupe when she was eight. She lives in Rosendale, New York, with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at GisellePotter.com.