{"product_id":"harvesting-friends-cosechando-amigos-hardcover","title":"Harvesting Friends\/Cosechando Amigos - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathleen Contreras\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGary Undercuffler\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bilingual picture book for kids ages 4-8, Lupe, her family and friends learn they can harvest more than just fruits and vegetables in their community garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoung Lupe loves helping her mother with their salsa garden full of tomatoes, chile peppers, onions, garlic and cilantro. But one summer day, she sees that the biggest, juiciest tomatoes have disappeared! Who could have taken them?!? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Two weeks later, she catches the culprit in the act! It's Antonio, the new boy at school. His family doesn't have much money and the tomatoes look so good. He offers his gold necklace from his grandmother in Mexico in exchange for the tomatoes, but Lupe has a better idea. \"Let's make a deal. You help me with the garden, and I'll give back your necklace and some tomatoes.\" They become friends over the summer as they weed, water and pick vegetables. When the growing season ends and they have composted the leaves and stems, Lupe happily returns Antonio's necklace. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The following year, Lupe and Antonio invite their neighbors to help with the garden. Soon everyone is pitching in to grow fruit and vegetables for salsa and much more, from tomatoes to watermelon, and squash, beans and corn--America's first crops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Including easy-to-make recipes, this bilingual picture book for children ages 4-8 will have them clamoring for a garden of their own to plant and harvest. Along the way, young readers--and the adults in their lives too--will learn that coming together as a community will enable them to harvest more than just vegetables.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.6 x 11.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771559510304,"sku":"9781558858589","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/368ae96216eb2f1af2e2efc29b54a208.webp?v=1780388415","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/harvesting-friends-cosechando-amigos-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}