Difference between fruits and vegetables

While I was researching the difference between fruits and vegetables, I came across this good answer:

According to scientists fruits are mature ovaries of seed-bearing plants and vegetables are plants cultivated for their roots, leaves and other eatable parts. To simplify things, if an eatable part of plant contains seeds, that plant is considered fruit. Another thing that separates fruits and vegetables is carbohydrate called fructose that gives the fruits their sweet taste that vegetables don't have.

Source: SteadyHealth.com (Cheri)

Books To Cure Depression

Today, I thought of some books people should read in order to cure depression. They are mostly educational too!

Books by Gerald Durrell:

   

Calvin and Hobbes series by Bill Watterson:

    

Peanuts series by Charles M. Schulz:

 

Graphic novels by Jay Hosler:

  

Life of Fred series:

  

Larry Gonicks's Cartoon History series:

   

The Evil Pigs (Animal Farm)

Oink! Did you know that pigs are evil? Not in real life of course, but in this book, it turned out to be true.

Animal Farm by George Orwell is about a farm that is taken over by animals. The boar who starts the rebellion is Old Major. After Old Major's death, every animal elects two pigs to lead the farm. They are Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball and Napoleon write seven commandments to govern the farm and all the animals agree to follow these commandments.

The commandments I can remember are:

• All animals are equal


• No animal will sleep in beds


• Every living thing with four legs is a comrade, every living thing with two legs is an enemy


• No animal will drink whiskey

After a while Napoleon chases Snowball out. Napoleon becomes a dictator and the farm's order collapses.

I believe this is a very good book even though it made me sad. I would recommend this for ages eight and above.

The Young, Chemistry-Loving Detective

  

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag and A Red Herring Without Mustard are three of my favorite books. Alan Bradley wrote these books with much flair and he's planning to add three more to the series.

The main character of this series is Flavia de Luce. She is eleven years old and has her very own chemistry laboratory. She investigates using village chit-chat/ gossip and her knowledge of chemistry.

In the first book, Flavia investigates the death of her father's former school chum. In the second, she solves the mystery of a puppeteer who dies of electrocution and in the third book, she investigates who is behind a gypsy's head injury and finds, on the way, that someone else was murdered.

If you don't like murder, I suggest that you don't read this series. Otherwise, get your copies today! And leave a comment if you want to discuss them.

The Hilarious Djinni

   

The Amulet of Samarkand (Book 1), The Golem's Eye (Book 2), and Ptolemy's Gate (Book 3) make up the Bartimaeus Trilogy. The Ring of Solomon is its prequel. These books are written by Jonathan Stroud.

The series is about the adventures of a djinni, Bartimaeus, and his master, Nathaniel. In all of these books, they save the world from one terrible being or another. In The Ring of Solomon, we find Bartimaeus helping another character, Asmira, to assassinate King Solomon and take his ring.

I think Jonathan Stroud writes with a very good style. I finished all four books in a short period of time because Bartimaeus is very funny! I would strongly recommend these books to readers of any age.