Toot & Puddle: How Does Your Garden Grow?

by Holly Hobbie

Overview

Bestselling and beloved characters Toot and Puddle return twenty-five years after their debut with a brand-new story full of the same charm and whimsy that originally made they so popular.

Toot & Puddle, with help from cousin Opal, are planting the dream garden they've always wanted. But when the plants arrive, so does trouble. Someone or something keeps eating all of the spinach! Not wanting to share with the thief, they try everything from putting up signs to fencing the garden in, all to keep out the unwanted visitor. When the trio finally does find out who's eating all the vegetables, they decide that maybe sharing is the best way to go after all.

Holly Hobbie renders these beloved characters in exquisite watercolor, and has us rooting for them to the end.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593124666
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	412,278
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

HOLLY HOBBIE has worked as an artist for more than forty years and is the author of eleven highly acclaimed Toot & Puddle picture books. She most recently wrote and illustrated Elmore and Elmore and Pinky, as well as A Cat Named Swan. Holly and her husband, Doug, live in Massachusetts.

Editorial Reviews

2020-11-27
Beloved characters Toot, Puddle, and Opal are back in this garden mystery.

Toot, Puddle, and Puddle’s young cousin Opal are planting a garden full of vegetables and flowers. Each morning they check to see how their garden is growing. Every evening they admire their garden, dreaming of eating their crops. But when they visit the garden one morning, they notice that their lettuce leaves have been snacked on. Realizing there is an uninvited guest, the pigs build a fence around the garden. Unfortunately, that doesn’t stop whatever it is from coming back to munch their lettuce and spinach. Riddled with worries and beset by nightmares about the creature, the three pigs decide to stay up all night and catch the culprit. Toot, Puddle, and Opal do everything they can to scare the creature away, but it pays them no mind, leaving at dawn. When it doesn’t come back, they begin to realize that maybe there was enough spinach for everyone. What begins as a story about suspicion and withholding ends as a sweet tale of kindness and sharing. Hobbie’s classic watercolor illustrations create a sweet, whimsical springtime garden. The pigs show great emotion on their faces and with their ears, bringing the text to life. (This book was reviewed digitally with 10-by-20-inch double-page spreads viewed at 27.6% of actual size.)

An adorable springtime addition to this beloved series, with an oh-so-timely message. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews