After planting the garden he has dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent bunnies from eating all his vegetables.

"A boy and his pet dragon plant a vegetable garden. They learn how to grow plants and make a salad. This title includes reading activities and a word list"--

Despite the negativity of his family, a little boy continues to care for his carrot seed until it produces a carrot.

A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

Derwood the goat has planted a garden and is prepared to defend it from all nibblers, including Tabitha the bunny, whom Derwood is convinced has designs on his growing vegetables; she teases him as the months go by, but after she helps him with the weeding the two become friends and share the feast.

A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.

When a young girl demands "No more vegetables," her mother agrees as long as Ruthie helps in the vegetable garden.

Jamie plants a pumpkin seed and, after watching it grow, carves it, and saves some seeds to plant in the spring.

The orderly Sweet-Williams are dismayed at their son's fondness for the messy pastime of gardening.

When family members give five-year-old Scarlette a garden, she succeeds in growing gigantic vegetables and creating something wonderful.