Book Descriptions
for Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes by Rosalind Creasy and Ruth Heller
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Blue potatoes, orange tomatoes, purple string beans, yellow zucchini, red corn and a colorful array of radishes. These aren't your everyday garden-variety vegetables...or are they? From writing to seed companies to planting, caring for and harvesting the crop, readers are shown how they can grow uncommon varieties of the foods we eat. The text includes general gardening tips as well as guidelines for growing specific foods. Mouth-watering illustrations reflect a garden's bounty. (Ages 7-11)
CCBC Choices 1994. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1994. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Describes how to plant and grow a variety of colorful vegetables, including red corn, yellow watermelons, and multicolored radishes.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.