Volume 15: Vegetables

Happy spring, veggie lovers!

Soon the whites and grays of winter will be a distant memory, and the world will burst into color. Spring brings new leaves, cheerful daffodils, and Teeny Zeeny 15, Vegetables—a little nudge to start thinking about your summer vegetable garden, or maybe just a trip to the grocery store later this week.

How do you like to eat your vegetables? Do you crunch on carrots? Mash your potatoes? Carefully avoid every pea in your bowl? I like to dip bell peppers into hummus, or dump a whole bunch of spinach into a blender for a green smoothie.

Vegetables are just edible parts of plants. Lots of foods we classify as vegetables actually aren't: tomatoes and zucchini (fruits!), broccoli (a flower!), and even peas and beans (seeds!) Whatever we call them, vegetables are great for our bodies and actually taste pretty good, too—but we all have to learn that lesson in our own time (I was roughly 27). What's your least least-favorite vegetable?

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This month's enclosure...

Vegetables come in all sorts of colors! Cut along the dotted lines of these puzzle pieces and match each vegetable to its color. How colorful can you make your plate at dinner tonight?

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Print at home...

Download and print some simple recipes for make-at-home veggie snacks.

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A sneak peek...

Some days there are four scoops of ice cream and other days a bird steals your ice cream. The first step of dealing with feelings is naming those feelings, and we'll do just that in TZ 16, Feelings!

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Teeny Zeeny is a picture book zine for kids ages 1+. Each monthly issue features 12 full-color illustrations following a theme, plus an at-home activity idea and a search-and-find for older kids. Teeny Zeeny arrives lovingly packaged in the mailbox once a month, an affordable way to surprise your favorite toddler!