Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat

by Mara Rockliff

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534460071
• ISBN13: 9781534460072
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Beach Lane Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3