Alice's Vegetable Garden by Rebekah Ruhter

What happens when you plant a seed… and nothing happens the next day? Alice is excited to help Mama plant a vegetable garden. Together, they dig straight rows, drop tiny seeds into the soil, and carefully label peas, beans, carrots, squash, pumpkins, beets, and radishes. Alice can’t wait to see them grow. But when she runs outside the very next morning… there’s only dirt. Through gentle guidance from Mama, Alice learns an important lesson: Good things take time. Day after day, she checks the garden. She waits. She hopes. She learns patience. And then one morning, something magical happens… Sprouts begin to rise from the soil. Filled with beautiful, warm illustrations and simple educational moments about how vegetables grow, Read more