The best selling Start-Up series of books have now been rewritten to emphasise the cross-curricular teaching potential of each title. They will provide notes and activities, spread by spread, highlighting ways in which learning can be extended in various subject areas for KS1. The other key changes on the original series will be revamped end sections featuring extension learning details together with the latest internet and web resource information. This title introduces children to a range of multi-sensory activities relating to fruit and vegetables in order to make their taste buds water while they follow recipes, plan picnics and think about healthy diets. Activity ideas focus on food technology, geography, ICT and literacy.

Author Biography

Claire Llewellyn has had a long career in publishing. After ten years as an editor of children's non-fiction, she became a writer. Her first book won The Times Educational Supplement Junior Information Book Award. Since then she has written more than 100 books on topics as diverse as sharks, mummies, the Bible, and the Moon.