A little gardener who is not very good at gardening makes a wish for a little help.

Cat, Dog, and Mouse live together contentedly in a cottage by the sea, dividing the work between them, until A. Stranger, Esq., a fox from the Winds of Change company, arrives and stirs up trouble

When family members give five-year-old Scarlette a garden, she succeeds in growing gigantic vegetables and creating something wonderful.

Rebecca Estelle, an old woman who has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl and her family had nothing else to eat, finds herself with a full crop of them.

Helped by her father, a young girl prepares a flower garden as a birthday surprise for her mother.

"Follow the creation of a family meal from the farm to the picnic table on a warm sunny day. Told entirely in words beginning with S, this lively book will help children appreciate where their food comes from." -- Publisher description.

Mr. Barleycorn picks a green baby growing on his land, unleashing the incredible power of nature. When zucchinis flower in the kitchen and carrots sprout out of their television, Mr. Barleycorn's wife insists that the Greenling has to go. But the bounty and beauty of nature have a strange power -- the power to bring a whole community together.--Amazon.com.