June 29, 1999

LeVar promotes the book's theme of far-fetched fact or fiction by investigating UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects). Viewers follow a boy and his father who discover strange artifacts, visit a farmer who grows huge pumpkins, and hear a first-hand account of a UFO report.

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June 29, 1999 Feature Book:

June 29, 1999

While her third-grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Holly has a more ambitious, innovative science project in mind.

Author: David Wiesner
Illustrator: David Wiesner

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Growing Vegetable Soup

Growing Vegetable Soup

A father and child share the simple joy of planting, watering, and watching seeds grow in the family garden. Then tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cabbage, and lots of other vegetables are cooked up into the best soup ever.

Author: Lois Ehlert
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Brace

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow, where the weather comes three times a day and it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers – until the weather takes a turn for the worse and the food gets larger and larger, along with the portions.

Author: Judi Barrett
Illustrator: Ron Barrett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Time Train

Time Train

A class field trip takes an interesting turn as the Rocky Mountain Unlimited transports its eager passengers back into prehistoric times. The students are able to explore the natural habitats of living dinosaurs.

Author: Paul Fleischman
Illustrator: Claire Ewart
Publisher: Harper Collins

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