The Imperfect Garden

By Melissa Assaly and April dela Noche Milne

What do you think a two-legged carrot would taste like?
What about a crabby faced apple?

Jay makes some surprising discoveries after he plants and cares for a garden with his mother one summer. Jay learns that naturally grown food can grow to look different than what he is used to buying at the grocery store. He is delighted to discover the hilarious, misshapen fruits and vegetables. To his amazement, they all taste the same, maybe better even What a waste it would be to throw them out.

It seems foolish that we throw away an absurd amount of food because it looks a little different. When you think about places in the world where they have famines and even the poverty and hunger here at home it doesn't make sense. It seems most adults have become food snobs. Luckily, I know that children are the opposite, they love funny shaped foods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155455408X
• ISBN13: 9781554554089
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.2" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3