Six diverse children work together to grow a vegetable in a sparkling photodocumentary that includes helpful advice for young garden enthusiasts. Each child picks her or his favorite vegetable to grow in their patch, and each child describes how that vegetable was planted and tended. Carrots, radishes, potatoes, zucchini, and beans are eventually harvested and turned into a beautiful and delicious salad. Specific tips for growing each of the five vegetables are included in this attractive and appealing oversize volume. (Ages 4-9)

A group of neighborhood children transform a bare patch of earth into a vegetable garden. They learn simple but important lessons: to plant in straight rows, to thin seedlings, and the value of worms. They make notes on their efforts and compile useful lists of gardening tips. The result is a colorful, graphic scrapbook/diary/photo album. Turning her lens from growing a single sunflower (A Handful of Sunshine) to focus on planting and raising five vegetables, Melanie Eclare inspires young readers to reach for their trowels.