I'm a Vegetarian by Ellen Schwartz

I'm a Vegetarian by Ellen Schwartz

Whether it s for health, humane, or taste reasons, many young people are vegetarians. This is the perfect book to help them be healthy ones. It provides a history of vegetarianism, advice on balancing one s diet, yummy food ideas, and, best of all, ways to cope with sticky situations. How do you handle the inevitable trips to the local burger joint? How do you resist Grandma s attempts to get you to try just a bit of her famous roast turkey? How do you respond to dire predictions that it s meat that makes you strong? For young people who are vegetarians, or for those who are thinking about making the switch, this is an invaluable resource.

ELLEN SCHWARTZ grew up in New Jersey, but moved to British Columbia in the 1970s, where she teaches creative writing at Simon Fraser University and at Douglas College. She is the acclaimed author of twelve books for children, including picture books, juvenile fiction, YA fiction, YA non-fiction and educational books. Her titles include I'm a Vegetarian, I Love Yoga, Stealing Home, Avalanche Dance and The Case of the Missing Deed, a finalist for the John Spray Mystery Award. Stealing Home, her first novel about baseball, was chosen as a 2007 Top 10 Sports Books for Youth by Booklist magazine as well as being nominated for the Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award and the Chocolate Lily Award. When she is not writing or teaching, Ellen loves to spend time dancing, baking bread and hiking. Visit her website at www.ellenschwartz.net.

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ISBN 13	9780887765889
ISBN 10	0887765882
Title	I'm a Vegetarian
Author	Ellen Schwartz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Tundra Books
Year published	2002-03-12
Number of pages	112
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