This is such a great book!! I love gardening and my kids love to help me plant our seeds and harvest, so I especially enjoyed this. It is beautifully and vibrantly illustrated, with concise information to keep little one's attention. Children can learn about how strawberries, tomatoes, corn, and more starts as a seed and grows! I think it would be best suited for 3 and under, but my 7- and 5-year-olds enjoyed looking at it with their 3-year-old brother!

Where does food come from? How does it grow? This nifty little book shows young readers how different foods begin before they end up on our plates! The illustration is done with a textured paper collage effect that is bright and appealing to the reader.

This is a short but sweet picture book that explains the "garden to table" process. It would seem obvious to an adult that our food started out as a seed that grows but to a young child that is presented with different cans, bags, packaging and labels it may not be clear to them HOW the food came to be. And this story does a wonderful job explaining it. The art is lovely and bright. And the explanation is clear and concise and I love how at the end the plate not just includes the food on a plate.... but as art. I used to do that for my younger kids. I would make art out of their foods as kids. Seems silly, but they were a lot more likely to try more foods that way and be okay with a plate that had more bright vegetables and fruits. 5 star read! Loved it!

Our Food Grows by Sarah M. White is a short but effective picture book to get children interested in where food comes from. It teaches its readers about a variety of fruits and vegetables, and how they grow. The illustrations are, in my opinion, adorable, and this book is perfect to read to young children and engage in discussions with them.

I recommend it to anyone who works with children or has children of their own.

It's a cute little book about how some of our favorite fruits and vegetables grow. Great for preschool-age children. The writing is simple and easy for little ones to follow. The words and pictures work together to show children how their foods grow. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I believe this would be a good book for young children. The story doesn’t get into the science of growing, it just talks about where the foods grow. Opening the door for their curious minds to think, ask questions, and talk about where their favorite foods come from. I also enjoyed seeing some fruits and vegetables I rarely see in books. The illustrations remind me a lot of the toy food children play with at daycare. The images aren’t real photos, but they are still fun and easy to identify. I would buy this to read with my baby.

Easy to absorb for young readers with vibrant illustrations that are uncomplicated. A book they can recite from easily.

Great book for teaching children where their food comes from! However, I wish it had more variation such as food which grows on trees too, as the first thing my son asked was "what about apples?" still very educational though.

Our Food Grows does an effective job teaching kids the basics of where their food comes from in a very straightforward, easy to understand way. Specific foods are highlighted for their unique features and the ones chosen are widely accessible so the teaching goal will for sure be achieved. Its approach will have kids verbally responding as they recognize their favorites on the pages. The illustrations are vibrant and eye catching for children (as well as adults!).

This book was written for the younger me. Born in New York City, I have always been a creature of the asphalt. Thanks to cartoons, I knew that milk came from cows and eggs from chickens; however, as far as first-grade me knew, black beans, rice, corn, tomatoes, lettuce and cheese, like Spaghetti-Os, came from some factory in New Jersey. (I knew sugar-wafer cookies came from a factory in Elizabeth, N.J., because my dad worked there.) I could have used a book like Sarah M. White’s.

This picture book follows the route of strawberries, asparagus, corn, tomatoes and more from seed to plant to grocery store to table. Lots of children, I bet, even those who don’t only see grass and flowers in Central Park, could use this primer (kudos to illustrator Tessa Gibbs) on how we get our food. Highly recommended.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and The Collective Book Studio in exchange for an honest review.

Our Food Grows, written by Sarah M. White and illustrated by Tessa Gibbs, is a very cute and informative children's picture book about where food comes from. It may be easy to take things like food for granted, considering how intrinsic it is to daily life. Children who may live in urban or more populated areas may not come into contact with fresh fruit or vegetables being grown. Books like this help small children understand how connected we are to the Earth and its resources, and how critical the health of those resources are to the health of human beings. I thought this little book was an amazing intro with clear, clever illustrations to give children a way to visualize more complex concepts like seed pods, planting seeds, and even how food gets to us. The illustrations are great, and almost jump off the page with a 3D like quality due to the stylistic choices, which I think will be engaging for young children especially. Will be a great addition to any baby's home library or to a preschool/daycare library, public library, etc. Thanks again!

Lastly, I'd like to send a big thanks to the author, Sarah M. White, the illustrator, Tessa Gibbs, the publisher, The Collective Book Studio, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read Our Food Grows. I will share my review to Amazon, Goodreads, and Barnes & Noble upon release.

I read this story to my 1 year old and 3 year old and they loved pointing out their favorite fruit and vegetables. Having a garden at home they enjoyed seeing their favorites from the garden and the fun facts about them. The pictures are vivid and eye catching.

Our Food Grows, written by Sarah M. White and illustrated by Tessa Gibbs, is a brightly illustrated book for young children featuring a small number of fruit and vegetables with short sentences about how they grow. I would recommend this book for 1-3 year olds.

Very concise and easy board book showing us the fact that some veggies grow in different ways – the asparagus is just a stalk of a baby fern, a strawberry is a low-growing fruit, and a sweetcorn is picked a lot higher. Each entry (and there aren't many, considering the baby wrists this is expected to be held by) shows the foodstuff in natural and prepared-for-the-plate state, and has a second spread for the factoid we get about them. As colourful as a salad, this achieves what it wants to do – however educational or slight you think that thing actually is.

Absolutely delightful book about where our food comes from. The cut out style illustrations are wonderful and impressed us all. Who knew that Asparagus was so cool ?

I enjoy reading this book to my child, who has requested it multiple times this week. The artwork is charming and vibrant, perfectly appealing to toddlers, while the writing style is age-appropriate and engaging.

One suggestion for improvement would be to include more relatable examples of vegetables that children generally enjoy—such as potatoes and carrots that grow underground—rather than ones like asparagus. This small change could make the content even more relatable and appealing to young readers.

I read a digital copy provided by NetGalley, but I can only imagine how delightful the printed version would be, especially with the addition of interactive flaps that are popular in children's books today.

Thank you, NetGalley, for offering this book for review consideration. As always, all opinions expressed are my own.

Our Food Grows is a simplistic but beautifully illustrated children’s book that makes learning about how our food grows easy to digest (haha, food joke) for the little ones. I’ve read books similar to this one to the kids I babysit, and I can imagine that they would love this and all of the vibrant colors of the food shown inside. It’s a short read (that maybe could include a couple more food items) that is great for young kids who are curious about their favorite foods and where they come from!

Love this book! First things first this books makes the fruits and vegetable more appetizing! With the great illustration it is easy to keep the eyes on the page and engage to it, with few but meaningful words it is a nice to read.

As a home gardener who is trying to teach our kiddos the importance of gardening, I really loved this book and would purchase a hard copy. We have kids ranging from 1-5 and it was fun and appropriate for all of them!

*Our Food Grows* is a fun, colorful exploration of where our food really comes from, perfect for little ones and curious minds. I loved this book—it brings back memories of learning from my mom as a kid, watching the veggies in our garden sprout and grow. With vibrant illustrations and easy-to-follow explanations, this book shows kids how their favorite foods like strawberries, tomatoes, and corn start as seeds and eventually end up on their plates. It’s an awesome way to teach kids about healthy eating and the magic of gardening. If you're raising little gardeners or just want to spark their curiosity about food, this book is a delightful read!

This book is perfect for little learners! My 2 year old and 5 year old both enjoyed the vibrant pictures and the story was perfect for my new reader to flex their reading skills. The artwork was beautiful, very visually engaging with bold colors and shapes for early learners and lots of small details that older children would appreciate.