The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

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, everyone agrees as those ugly Chinese vegetables become the tastiest, most aromatic soup they have ever known. As the neighborhood comes together to share flowers and ugly vegetable soup, the young gardener learns that regardless of appearances, everything has its own beauty and purpose.

THE UGLY VEGETABLES springs forth with the bright and cheerful colors of blooming flowers and lumpy vegetables. Grace Lin's playful illustrations pour forth with abundant treasures. Complete with a guide to the Chinese pronunciation of the vegetables and the recipe for ugly vegetable soup!

Grace Lin is the author and artist of The Ugly Vegetables, which was selected an American Bookseller Association Kid's Choice of the Year, as well as the illustrator of several additional picture books. She is now based in Los Angeles, California, after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design. Visit Grace Lin's website at www.gracelin.com to learn more about her.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781570914911
ISBN 10	1570914915
Title	The Ugly Vegetables
Author	Grace Lin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S.
Year published	2001-07-01
Number of pages	32
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.