We Grew It – Let’s Eat It!

Children’s gardening book

By Annie and Veda
As told to Justine Kenin
Photographs by Becky Lettenberger
Tenley Circle Press, Ltd.
May 1st, 2010

(Washington D.C. April 6, 2010) Tenley Circle Press announces its latest children’s book to engage hand, eye, ear, taste bud, nose—and imagination. We Grew It – Let’s Eat It! is a story by D.C twins Annie and Veda who learn about gardening, and growing their own food.

NPR’s Justine Kenin chronicles the story by her twin 5 year-old daughters as they learn about the White House vegetable garden and wish for a garden of their own. How do you garden if you live in a city apartment? Watch the sisters and senior gardener Ida work and play their way through planting, tending, and harvesting in a neighborhood Community Garden. Then comes the fun of preparing and eating simple, tasty, homegrown food.

The curiosity of two kindergartners and the photos of Becky Lettenberger whet the appetite for the many pleasures of vegetable and fruit gardening. After young readers put the book down, they’ll want their own plots or pots of dirt in which to cultivate tasty possibilities!

See the publisher’s website here.