Boldly colored illustrations and a simple text celebrate and explain the vegetable garden, from seed to soup. Relatively simple shapes are expertly placed on each double-page spread to show growth and development, while bright colors enhance both the clarity and the appeal. Together form and color show growth, seasonal changes and the passage of time in a creative presentation of common experience. (Ages 3-8)

A bright and beautiful classic about the simple pleasures of gardening from bestselling and beloved Caldecott Honoree Lois Ehlert.

Calling all budding gardeners! What would you like to grow today? Is it green beans, or peas? Corn or carrots?

There's so much to learn in Lois Ehlert's colorful picture book about growing vegetables. First we collect the necessary tools, and don't forget the seeds. Then the magic happens: planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, cooking, and best of all--eating! There's even a recipe for vegetable soup!

Ehlert's simple cut-paper-style illustrations are perfect for even the tiniest growers. A wonderful introduction to gardening from a master storyteller.