Bear and Bunny Grow Tomatoes

We read this book every night for weeks and weeks. Definitely a house favorite!

I love this author's detailed and funny illustrations, with all kinds of little interesting things to find! They keep your interest for quite a while. The message of the book is sort of unusual---hard work does pay off, but sometimes relaxing and having fun doesn't work that badly either. Bear works very very hard on his tomato garden, and grows a bumper crop, Bunny takes the easy way out and just tosses seeds on the ground---they never grow, but he has a great summer having friends over and playing in the pool, and probably partly because he's a fun neighbor, Bear gives him lots of tomatoes anyway. I think it would make kids think about how there is more than one way to success and happiness! Great book!

This is a sweet book with funny illustrations. My 5 year old requests me to read it over and over. The story is simple - both the bear and his neighbor the bunny decide to grow tomatoes one summer. Bear works hard in his garden, weeding, digging, carefully planting while bunny takes the lazy approach to gardening by just throwing the seeds out to fend for themselves. Both end up with buckets full of tomatoes - only because Bear has been kind enough to share his bounty with his neighbor, who got not one tomato to grow. Fun, colorful illustrations with humor make this a fun read for parents and children alike. The morals of hard work and sharing make the book a treasure.