“Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup. We’re ready to work, and our tools are ready, too.” This vibrantly illustrated picture book follows a father and child through the cycle of planting, watering, growing, and finally harvesting vegetables in a garden. Younger children will enjoy the brief text and the author/illustrator’s distinctive, bold, stylized collages. The back flap of the book includes a simple recipe for vegetable soup. For an equally exuberant look at planting a flower garden, try Ehlert’s Planting a Rainbow.