Vegetable Garden

Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. The sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables grow and ripen. ?The watery, translucent watercolors . . . capture the vitality of all growing things, including the children.?--The Horn Book

About the author

DOUGLAS FLORIAN is the creator of many acclaimed poetry picture books, including lizards, frogs, and polliwogs, a Child Magazine Best Book of the Year; mammalabilia, an ABA's Pick of the Lists; and insectlopedia, a New York Times bestseller, ALA Notable Children's Book, and Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. He lives with his family in New York City.

Summary

Children are fascinated by watching plants grow, and in this colorful picture book even very young children can follow along with a family as they plant, tend, and harvest a vegetable garden. The sun shines brightly, summer rain falls, and vegetables grow and ripen. “The watery, translucent watercolors . . . capture the vitality of all growing things, including the children.”--The Horn Book

Product details

• Authors: Florian Douglas Florian, Douglas Florian, National Geographic Learning, National G National Geographic Learning
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1996
• EAN: 9780152010188
• ISBN: 978-0-15-201018-8
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 279 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 145 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; JUVENILE FICTION: Concepts / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / New Baby, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / Environment, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Baby Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / Weather, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / Disasters