I love, love, love gardening…well, I love the IDEA
of gardening, but maybe not so much the hard work. Reading about gardens is the
next best thing, and Eric Ode's new book, Too
Many Tomatoes, is perfect book to start spring.
Ode's rollicking rhymes and illustrator Kent
Culotta's gorgeous pictures take us through the fun of planting and growing
fruits and vegetables, and anyone who has ever grown tomatoes will empathize
with the narrator and his grandparents, as they find themselves facing a
surfeit of the sweet fruits! This book also provides so many teaching points
throughout, from alliteration to rhymes to measurement and cooking.
