First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

Maya loves contests, so she is excited when her teacher announces they will plant a school garden like Thomas Jefferson’s garden at Monticello—and they’ll have a “First Peas to the Table” contest, just like Jefferson and his neighbors had each spring. Maya plants her pea seeds with a secret head start—found in Jefferson’s Garden Book—and keeps careful notes in her garden journal. But her friend Shakayla has plans of her own for the contest...Susan Grigsby’s light-hearted classroom story also presents scientific and historical information. Nicole Tadgell’s watercolors add both appeal and botanical accuracy.

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• How Did That Get in My Lunchbox?: The Story of Food (Exploring the Everyday)
• Tops & Bottoms (Caldecott Honor Book)
• Seed, Soil, Sun: Earth's Recipe for Food
• Right This Very Minute: A table-to-farm book about food and farming
• Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter
• The Beeman
• PB&J Hooray!: Your Sandwich's Amazing Journey from Farm to Table
• Farmer George Plants a Nation
• The Vegetables We Eat