My First Book of the Vegetable Garden

ChOmp, chOmP!

Oh, hi there! Chomp . . . please, excuse me for talking with my mouth full. I was having one of my many snacks . . . I am BILL the CATERPILLAR and I am the guardian of the vegetable garden. I know all of its secrets, especially its flavors and smells.

COME AND LET’S ENJOY THEM TOGETHER!

Every day I wake up early and then, crawling slowly, slowly, I make the rounds of the whole vegetable garden. From the lettuce to the grapefruit then all the way over to the strawberries, I savor all the flavors that I find there. Follow my path with your finger and you will see what a vegetable garden looks like!

Yum, Yum!

I have just filled up on some of my favorite fruits! How sweet they are!

Trace the outlines of the apple and pear with your finger. Spot the differences!

PEAR

Careful of these two, they’re very SOUR!

GRAPEFRUIT

A quick run, one . . . two . . . three . . . Yippee!

Here I am on one of the sweetest fruits there is!

ChOmp . . . I eat and dig! ChOmp, ChOmp . . .

I eat and dig my way right down to the pit!

Follow the paths and match each pit to its fruit.

CHERRY

mmmmmm . . . Something smells wonderful!

Sniff these plants, do you know what they are?

ROSEMARY

SAGE

Watch where you walk. There are some vegetables that you can’t see because they grow underground! Trace the outline of the vegetables with your finger and find out what they are.

EGGPLANT

Grrr . . . Grrr . . .

My stomach is growling . . . It’s telling me it’s time for a snack.

I will take a break right here in the middle of these little treats. Do you know the names of these fruits? They are very small but very, very sweet!

POMEGRANATE

GOSH!

Some kinds of fruit are so small that they make me feel like a giant; others are so big that I feel like a grain of sand!

Trace the outline of the fruits with your finger, see how the sizes differ!

WATERMELON

Do you know what I love about my vegetable garden? The waiting. I wait patiently for that tiny seed to grow into a seedling that with time and care will become a delicious fruit tree!

Starting from the lighter circle follow the arrows to the darker circles to find out how a fruit tree grows!

There are some vegetables that I am not able to get to. They grow inside of a little capsule that protects them from me. Do you know which ones they are?

Trace the path from the pod to the seed.

Ah. I have tasted every fruit and vegetable in the garden but I am still not quite satisfied! Let’s mix together some fruits and vegetables and discover some new flavors!

What shall we put in our smoothie?

SOUR FLAVOR