The Ugly Vegetables

The Ugly VegetablesBy: Grace Lin Illustrator: Grace Lin In this charming story about celebrating differences a Chinese American girl wishes for a garden of bright flowers instead of one full of bumpy, ugly, vegetables. The neighbors' gardens look so much prettier and so much more inviting to the young gardener than the garden of "black purple green vines, fuzzy wrinkled leaves, prickly stems, and a few little yellow flowers" that she and her mother grow. Nevertheless,

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and a greater awareness of take-out food waste and whether her ingredients were ethically grown

this little book is just revealing enough

even though she's not the bold and brave son he was promised

a passionately felt

Jillian had never doubted his innocence—but because her parents had whisked her back home to Atlanta

孩子都希望快快長大，　　這樣就能擺脫大人的嘮叨，　　可以隨心所欲。　　但是，長高就算是長大嗎？　　長大不只是身體和年齡的增長，　　而是可以對自己的決定負責，　　懂得珍惜已經擁有的事物，　　不害怕面對挑戰……　　父母不用大吼大叫，　　透過幽默的方式，　　帶孩子體會成長的真諦！　　◆長大必備系列◆　　《在家不當搗蛋鬼：我有好習慣》　　《再也不當小惡魔：我能不失控》　　《在校不當調皮鬼：我會守規矩》　　《怎樣才算好學生？20個一定要有的特質》　　《怎樣才算長大？20個一定要具備的關鍵》　　《怎樣才算好孩子？20個一定要遵守的權利與義務》本書特色　　★法國超人氣插畫家Gilles Rapaport的系列作品，透過簡練而富有設計感的畫風，生動描繪出日常情境。　　★生動有趣的情節，貼近日常對話與事件，引起孩子共鳴。　　★幽默風趣的語言文字，吸引孩子的興趣，更能加深印象，自然而然成為好學生！　　★內文搭配注音，可以親子共讀，當孩子學會注音，也可以試著自己閱讀此書，從中再次獲得不同感受與成就感。

Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage

All he knows for certain is that this woman tugs at both his heart and desires