- ISBN13: 9780064432108
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Everyone is certain it won’t grow, but a little boy remains confident inhis carrot seed’s potential. Watch as he carefully plants, tends to, and eventually harvests a carrot whose size is in direct proportion to his unflappable faith in it.Amazon.com Review
Ruth Krauss, author of A Hole Is to Dig, has crafted a story almost Zen-like in its simplicity. A little boy plants a carrot seed and waits patiently, tending to it carefully, while everyone around him insists that “it won’t come up.” His conviction is steadfast, however, and sure enough, a carrot worthy of first prize at any state fair springs forth from the earth. Krauss’s husband, Crockett Johnson (… More >>
The Carrot Seed 60th Anniversary Edition
This is a cute book with a nice story. I bought it for my 2 year-old and knew immediately that it was too young a book for her. This really seems more appropriate for reading to a 0-12 month old. Rating: 3 / 5
Simple sweet book about one little boy’s faithfulness to his belief that his carrot seed will indeed produce a carrot Rating: 5 / 5
This is a book for the young, but it is also a good book for the parents and everyone in between.
I had this book w/record when I was a little girl and the meaning behind this very small simple book came to mind many times through my life… (middle aged now) It resonated with me because I perceived my family didn’t believe in me, didn’t think I would amount to anything, treated me as if I was stupid and laughed at me, my dreams… so I grew up trying to be my own “cheerleader”… which was daunting at times… yet, like this boy planting the carrot seed, I also somehow knew (trusted?) inside me there was a seed that would grow with enough positive energy, light and love. It is my passion to cheer my fellow humans on… believe in yourself, believe in your children, believe in the people around you and they will believe in themselves and so on and so on and so on…
We all came here with a gift (seed)… let it move through you (grow) and do not listen to the negative voices/opinions around you, no matter how “influential” they are.
“My story” is done, coaching session over ;-) Cheers to ya! Rating: 5 / 5
This book is beautiful, fun, and meaningful. Ruth Krauss succeeds again Rating: 5 / 5
Maybe I’m being a bit too hard on this book, but after reading it I felt it was a very odd story. Sure it has a good message of not giving up because of peoples doubts. But somehow having the parent tell the child that they were afraid the seed wouldn’t come up left me feeling yucky about the parents in the story.
The colors are ugly brown and orange. The illustrations look a bit like old fashioned comic strip characters; however they are clear and understandable. The text large and clear. The story is simple and repetitive. Its a okay book, but not the best available.
I much prefer Growing Vegetable Soup by Ehlert and A Seed Grows by Hickman. However, this book is probably the easiest of the 3 for a child to understand. Rating: 4 / 5