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friday feast: what’s in the garden? by marianne berkes and cris arbo

What could be better than a book brimming with delicious rhyming verse? A book of taste-tempting riddle poems with gorgeous art, yummy recipes, food for thought, and gardening tips, of course! In...

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tasting first peas to the table by susan grigsby and nicole tadgell

Peas, please! Surely they’re the most social of all vegetables — you rarely see or eat just one and they’re happiest out of their shells — canoodling in congenial groups, basking in their perfect...

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peeking into molly’s organic farm by carol l. malnor and trina l. hunner

Miao! Who’s that peeking through the cauliflower leaves? Meet Molly, a homeless orange tabby who wanders into a small community farm one Spring day and instantly captures everyone’s hearts. Based on a...

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a colorful chat with cathryn falwell about rainbow stew

(click to enlarge) Mmmmm, somebody’s making something yummy! It’s a special stew made with a rainbow of freshly picked garden vegetables — red tomatoes, purple eggplant, green peas and beans, rosy...

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friday feast: anna’s garden songs by mary q. steele and lena anderson

Mr. Cornelius Cucumber While looking for more children’s books illustrated by Lena Anderson, I was happy to discover Anna’s Garden Songs – a whimsical, light-hearted collection of 14 fruit and veggie...

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happy 10th anniversary to the ugly vegetables!

 THE UGLY VEGETABLES by Grace Lin (Charlesbridge, 2009),  Picture book for ages 4-8, 32 pp. Mmmmmm!! What’s that tantalizing aroma?   Could it be a delicious soup made with Chinese spinach and bitter...

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chatting about the goodbye cancer garden with janna matthies and kristi...

Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I invited children’s author Janna Matthies and illustrator Kristi Valiant to tell us about their critically acclaimed picture book, The Goodbye...

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friday feast: Too Many Tomatoes by Eric Ode and Kent Culotta (+ a recipe!)

TOMATOES, TOMATOES, TOMATOES! Sing a song of plump, juicy, vine-ripened tomatoes! Is there anything better than freshly picked homegrown beauties with their promise of mouthwatering soups, salads,...

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