Books

Oliver's Vegetables

Vivian French, Author

Alison Bartlett, Illustrator

Paperback

Series: Oliver

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Publication date: August 3, 1995

Category: Picture books

ISBN: 9780340634790

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Do you like chips? Oliver does. In fact, he won’t eat anything else – until he plays a game with his grandpa.
Whatever vegetable Oliver finds in the garden, he must eat. On Monday, he pulls up carrots, on Tuesday, it is spinach . . .

An excellent book for parents with slightly fussy children, which also introduces the days of the week.

Other titles in this series:
Oliver’s Fruit Salad
Oliver’s Milkshake

Reviews

Beautifully illustrated

Hullaballoo

'This is a great book to link with maths as it rehearses the days of the week and the illustrations offer many opportunities for counting and working out how many vegetables.' - Nikki Sheene, year 1 teacher

Child Education

Encourage children to try a new vegetable, ideally one they have grown themselves, each day for a week

Practical Pre-School

The ultimate veggie story!

Child Care

The ultimate veggie story ... This is the ideal book for encouraging a child to try new foods

Child Care

Vivian French

Vivian is a writer of both books and plays; she has written more than 250 children’s books, including the very successful Tiara Club series, and is consistently one of the top 30 most borrowed authors from UK libraries. She has had plays performed both in London and throughout Scotland; her audiences include young adults as well as children. She has won many awards for her books, and is regularly invited to festivals including Cheltenham and the Edinburgh International Book Festival. (2012 Guest selector for the children’s programme.) Vivian teaches part time at Edinburgh College of Art, and is one of the two founding members of the PictureHooks programme supporting Scottish illustrators. She is married with four grown up daughters and three grandchildren, and lives in Edinburgh. She’d like a cat, but lives up 66 steps and has no garden … maybe one day. Her favourite book is an empty notebook.

Since 1990, Vivian French has published more than 100 books for children of all ages. She has been a reviewer and has worked in the theatre – she is also well-known as a playwright. Among her most popular books are the Tiara Club titles for Hachette. Married with four grown-up daughters, she now lives in Edinburgh.

Visit her website at www.vivianfrench.com.

Alison Bartlett

Alison studied illustration at Anglia College of Art in Cambridge and began an M.A. At Kingston University. In 1993 she was shortlisted for the Macmillan Prize for Oliver’s Vegetables. She lives in Bristol with her young son.