Author(s): Andrew Larsen; Anne Villeneuve (Illustrator)

Childrens Picture

While staying with his aunt Mimi in a drab city neighborhood, Vincent is asked to get rid of a box of "dirt balls." Vincent and Toma, a boy who lives nearby, throw them into the empty dirt lot across the street. Soon, new shoots sprout up. Bestselling author Larsen tells a story about several kinds of growth in this picture book. Full color.