Introduces a variety of familiar vegetables, tells what part of the plant is used for food, and shows what they look like in the ground, sliced open, and cut up for cooking.
Whether young readers like their vegetables cooked or raw, the roots or the leaves, they'll enjoy this exploration of the secrets of the garden from onions (they make your eyes water) to artichokes (we don't eat the leaves or the fruit, but the flower in the bud).
