The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin - ISBN: 9780881063363
Hardcover
A little girl thinks her mother’s garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

The Ugly Vegetables

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  • Hardcover

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2014

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Summary

In this charming story about celebrating differences a Chinese-American girl wishes for a garden of bright flowers instead of one full of bumpy, ugly, vegetables.The neighbors’ gardens look so much prettier and so much more inviting to the young gardener than the garden of “black-purple-green vines, fuzzy wrinkled leaves, prickly stems, and a few little yellow flowers” that she and her mother grow. Nevertheless, mother assures her that “these are better than flowers.” Come harvest time, every…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780881063363
ISBN-10:0881063363
Author:Grace Lin
Publisher:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Imprint:Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:1 January 2014
Weight:363g
Dimensions:213mm x 262mm x 9mm
About The Author

Grace Lin

Grace Lin grew up in Upstate New York with her parents and two sisters. While the other sisters became scientists, Grace became an artist.After attending the Rhode Island School of Design, Grace quickly set out to achieve her dream of creating children’s books. Grace has written and illustrated several books for children, including THE UGLY VEGETABLES, OUR SEASONS, DIM SUM FOR EVERYONE!, and OLIVINA FLIES. Grace lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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