How is the soil? What kind of fertilization is done? The shovel also seems much too large for the task at hand. Are we not seeing the whole picture or is he really planting a single carrot seed in a small patch of dirt? I would question his gardening know-how. I’m not sure what is going on with his landscape for planting the seed. It explores the complex nature of family and gardening technique. – Yep, strike 2! I’m beginning to feel like I’m the one who missed the point? I don’t know why anyone would need a book on how to grow a carrot. Do you know how easy it is to grow a carrot? It’s like one step up from crab grass. But the kid waters it and – wait for it – it grows! Of courseit grows, it’s a stupid carrot. “What a terrible plan,” says his brother. The plot of this one is, some kid tries to grow a carrot and everyone doubts him.– If this is a “how to” book about gardening, then I am way off…Let’s see if the next review picks up on any subtle metaphors? So he waters his seed, and pulls the weeds, and he waits… This beautiful simple classic is a fantastic “how-to” story about gardening, which teaches the patience and technique of planting a seed and helping it grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one day a carrot will come up.

When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it won’t grow.

So, I looked at a couple of book reviews to see if the way I interpreted it was what others thought…it turns out it’s not. This seems like a simple book, but I wanted to make sure my interpretation wasn’t way off base… Just as the little boy had known 2 it would. His big brother said, “It won’t come up”.Įveryday the little boy pulled the weeds around the seed and sprinkled the ground with water.Įveryone kept saying it wouldn’t come up.īut he still pulled up the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water. His Father said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up”. His Mother said, “I’m afraid it won’t come up”. ***This is an adaptation of a recent speech I gave based on the classic children’s book The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss.***

The carrot seed book