potatoes

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The potato king

"Hear, hear!" announces King Fritz to his people, "I give you the potato." But how can the king of Prussia convince them to try the strange new vegetable from South America?.

Potatoes

2012
Step-by-step instructions and color photographs show how to grow potatoes, including how to care for the plants, deal with pests, and harvest. Includes a recipe and growing calendar.

Attack of the ninja potato clones

2015
"In this early chapter book/graphic novel mash-up, fifth grade private eyes Logan and Gustavo use their doodling and detective skills to solve the mystery of a tiny ninja who is stealing their town's supply of potatoes. Over a dozen pages of bonus backmatter are loaded with extra puzzles and doodle activities!"--Provided by publisher.

Go, Spud, go!

2004
Spud has an accident because he is skateboarding too fast.

The potato

how the humble spud rescued the western world
1999
Chronicles the history of the potato and discusses how it contributed to the American and European economies, how it helped people survive famines, and how it affected politics.

Attack of the killer potatoes

1997
Arnold and his friend Max accidentally spill a growth hormone on a sack of potatoes, and before they know it, the potatoes are taking over the city, and no one knows how to stop them.

I like potatoes

2001
Provides information about potatoes and how they grow, and looks at some of the tasty ways potatoes can be eaten. Includes photographs and a word list.

One potato

a counting book of potato prints
2000
A counting book which uses images of fruits and vegetables to illustrate numbers from one to one hundred and which also includes an explanation of how to do potato printing.

The botany of desire

2009
Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.

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