This educational and enjoyable book helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. Lois Ehlert's bold collage illustrations include six pages of staggered width, presenting all the flowers of each color of the rainbow.






Splish, splash, puddle dash! It’s a rainy summer day, but the vegetables in Grandpa’s garden are just waiting to be picked. Yellow peppers, purple cabbage, red tomatoes, green zucchini, orange carrots, and more. So many colors! So many delicious ingredients to slice, chop, peel, and dice for a great big pot of mouthwatering Rainbow Stew. Yum!








Literacy Extenders:

• As you read each book and talk about colors and veggies, ask your child what other fruits and veggies they can think of that are the same color.
• Ask them what plants need to grow and thrive, go further and ask them what they need to for their body to grow and become strong.
• Make a pot of rainbow stew from the recipe below.