Garden to Table: A Kid's Guide to Planting, Growing, and Preparing Food Paperback – April 1, 2014

This book is absolutely amazing. It shows everything that a person needs to buy seeds, plant, nurture, harvest and get a vegetable onto the table to eat. Great for kids. Illustrations invaluable. Many adults would respond to the common sense way to grow crops and eat well. Recipes included are easy to make and delicious. Would give the book more than five stars if it was possible.

A lovely book which I purchased with the intention of donating to my neighborhood school. The school has gardens that are tended by students and meals are prepared with the produce.

I expected more for how to garden.

This is an excellent book to get young people started, both in gardening and cooking. It does not talk down to young readers but gives information in simple straightforward directions. Most steps are accompanied by photos.There are symbols in the recipes to ask for help if sharp knives or hot objects and even nuts are involved. Six pages illustrate cooking terms such as; whisk, slice, grease. Other pages show ingredients and kitchen tools.Four garden products are shown: basil, carrots, green beans, leaf lettuce, potatoes and tomatoes. Each section tells about it and shows different varieties, then instructions are given and illustrated on how to plant the seeds or seedlings, stages of growth and then harvesting and Q&A. Five or six recipes are givenSome of the recipes were not that appealing to my grandsons, others were big hits. They showed no interest in basil-lemon cake, citrus zest beans or raisin salad; but an ALT (avocado, lettuce and tomato) sandwich was a big hit, as was bean and ham soup and caprese melt using the basil and tomato.This is written for grades 2-7. Children, schools and families would enjoy using this book.

This is a step by step PHOTO guide to planting, harvesting, and cooking. Depending on maturity, Three to Five year olds with adult supervision would also enjoy following the step by step photo. Great for Guides and Scouting groups.My favorite part is the "stages of growth: what to do & when to do it. I would post photos but Amazon keeps disliking my photos. Just imagine a time lapse video yet in drawings cutting through the ground that the reader sees the roots. Carrots and potatoes diagrams are neat.Also lacto-ovo-vegetarians will love this book because of the 35 recipes only three use chicken broth which can be easily substituted for vegetable broth and two just leave out the small amount of pork.This book is perfect for inspiring kids to eat vegetables and be closer to nature.