Pete the Cat bites into a bad banana and vows never to eat bananas again, even though he generally likes the fruit.

To most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. In others parts of the world, bananas are what keep millions of people alive. But for all its ubiquity, the banana is surprisingly mysterious; nobody knows how bananas evolved or exactly where they originated. Rich cultural lore surrounds the fruit: in ancient translations of the Bible, the "apple" consumed by Eve is actually a...

"In Watch a Banana Grow, early fluent readers learn how bananas grow. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this delicious fruit is grown and harvested." --

"A is for Awake...but B is for Bedtime. When the narrator of this alphabet book tries to make it a bedtime book, Banana objects. Bedtime is BORING! And Banana is the star of this book, so it should really be called B Is for Bananas instead. It shouldn't be about bedtime at all. Journey through all the letters of the alphabet in this laugh-out-loud story from Carrie Tillotson and Estrela Lourenço about a banana who is NOT ready to go to bed"--

On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.

More than a great source of potassium, bananas are a common sight in any produce market. But where are they grown? Why are they so common? And what can you do once they start to turn brown? Young readers will learn all about this crop through simple text and full-color photos and will also discover some of the basic concepts of agriculture. A Words to Know section helps readers learn new vocabulary, while Further Reading encourages deeper learning....

When great detective Captain Coconut is called in to solve a mystery involving missing bananas, he finds himself using his math skills on a slippery trail of peels.

"Eleven-year-old Iraqi, Mooz, yearns to taste the bananas that have been made unavailable by warfare"--

"The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their story"-- Cole dreamed of pitching in the Majors. Instead he reshaped Savannah, Georgia's professional team into the league champion Savannah Bananas. And now the Bananas have restyled baseball itself into something all their own: they throw out a first banana rather than a ball. Their first-base coach dances between innings. And the rules themselves are...

A group of children investigate the squishy, swishy, flingy properties of banana peels.