A classroom guinea pig finds a way to plant his own garden in this funny tale of pumpkins and patience. after watching the first graders grow plants from seeds, hercules, the class guinea pig, is inspired. he wants to grow things, too! with the help of a rabbit named daisy, hercules plants his seeds and waits. and waits and waits. . . . he learns that growing things takes more than seeds and soil, sun and rain. it takes patience. but sometimes having to wait makes the reward even sweeter. duke s story brims with humor of both the classroom and animal-buddy varieties, and her featherlight paintings capture every ounce of herky s enthusiasm, impatience, and eventual satisfaction. "pw, "" starred review ""."""""

 

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2015 by Random House USA Inc .

Kate Duke was the author and illustrator of many award-winning picture books as well as Archaeologists Dig for Clues in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series.