Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman; illustrated by the author; Abrams/Appleseed, 2015. 32 pages; $14.94 (hardcover); reading level: ages 4 and under.
What item of clothing is more fascinating to a potty-training-aged fashionista than underwear? And what food is more on the minds of the fashionista’s care-givers than vegetables? Chapman gives a nod to both by dressing a garden of vegetables in underwear of all kinds and colors and sizes and parading them across the pages of this funny, wacky picture book. The result is a joyous celebration of skivvies! The syllogistic reasoning (underwear is hip, vegetables are wearing underwear, therefore vegetables are hip) is irrefutable; the message (everyone wears underwear except babies…”Sorry babies!”) is oh so clear; and after underwear has become part of the young fashionista’s daily routine, the book will undoubtedly be read and re-read as a way of rejoicing in the achievement.
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Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge, Author
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- Just Fine They Way They Are (Calkins Creek, March 1, 2011)
- The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton (Clarion Books, 2010)
- Thank You Very Much, Captain Ericsson! (Holiday House, 2005; Berndtsdotter Books, 2012)
- When Esther Morris Headed West (Holiday House, 2001)
- The Legend of Strap Buckner (Holiday House, 2001)
- Wicked Jack (Holiday House, 1995)
Speaker / Presenter
Connie is an experienced speaker and presenter who enjoys sharing her passion for writing and her experience as a writer with readers and writers of all ages. She has presented to students, community, civic and professional organizations, writing groups, library audiences, and seniors – wherever book lovers gather!