You eat vegetables to k."" Here the document is torn as if by an enemy, and a turn of the page reveals, in oversize type: ""to keep them under control!"" A tyrannosaurus-style broccoli stalk marauds across the accompanying illustration, joined in its depredations by equally sinister carrots, radishes, etc. For example, ""Grown-up Rule #31: Eat your vegetables"" is followed by ""Official Reason: They're good for you."" This leads to ""The Truth: You don't eat vegetables because they're good for you. On the pages that follow, bulletins labeled ""TOP SECRET"" offer classified information. But not anymore!"" confesses the narrator, whose typewritten words fill a crumpled sheet of brown paper. preparing for the day when my kids would want to know why this and why that. ""As a parent, I went along with it all at first: going to secret meetings. Caldecott winner Wisniewski (Golem) spoofs conspiracy theories in this ""confidential"" volume, with a jacket designed to resemble a sealed manila envelope and illustrated with intricate cut-paper collages.
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