Food Tank: The Food Think Tank A joyful read filled with zest and zucchini! If youve ever grown a squash plant that just wont quit, Zoras conundrum will feel quite familiar. Puget Sound Council for the Review of Childrens Media This story reveals the benefits of gardening, healthy eating, and community food shares, as well as encourages donating, preserving, and sharing extras from the garden. Kirkus Reviews Superior in style, liveliness, integrity and format. Kids should warm to Zoras predicament and resourceful problem-solving. Shelf Awareness After planting a dozen free zucchini plants, Zora finds ways to share and trade her bumper crop with others in her community. Zoras Zucchini satisfies every appetite with its clean, happy storyline and whimsical illustrations.

School Library Journal Full of the kinds of quiet details that make children return to a book again and again. Booklist A fun and accessible title that lends itself to discussion of gardening, nutrition, and problem-solving. Review Quotes * Winner, 2016 Growing Good Kids Book Award, Junior Master Gardener and American Horticultural Society * Whole Kids Foundation Book Club Selection Delightful. Fortunately the ever-resourceful girl comes up with the perfect plan-a garden swap! Author Katherine Pryor and artist Anna Raff the team behind Sylvias Spinach, tell the playful story of a child who discovers not only the wonder of growing food but the satisfaction of growing a community. From the Back Cover The first zucchini of a summer garden is always exciting, but what happens when the plants just keep growing.and growing.and growing? Zora soon finds herself with more zucchini than her family can bake, saut, or barbecue. A Whole Kids Foundation Book Club selection.

and Tom Watson, EcoConsumer, writes Well never make headway with the pressing environmental issues of our time - such as climate change, community-building and food waste - without brilliant, fun little books like Zoras Zucchini. Shelf Awareness, says Zoras Zucchini satisfies every appetite with its clean, happy storyline and whimsical illustrations. Fortunately the ever-resourceful girl comes up with the perfect plan-a garden swap! Author Katherine Pryor and artist Anna Raff followup with their first book, Sylvias Spinach, with this playful story of a child who discovers not only the wonder of growing food but the satisfaction of growing a community. The first zucchini of a summer garden is always exciting, but what happens when the plants just keep growing.and growing.and growing? Zora soon finds herself with more zucchini than her family can bake, saute, or barbecue. Book Synopsis A YOUNG GARDENER LEARNS ABOUT SHARING FOOD AND THE REWARDS OF GROWING A COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD.

Zora's Zucchini by Katherine Pryor