Our Food Grows - Hardcover

by Sarah M. White (Author), Tessa Gibbs (Illustrator)

2025 IBPA BOOK AWARD WINNER GOLD

When you're a kid, it's hard to know where food comes from--it usually just shows up! In this tasty, educational seed-to-table journey, kids will explore how favorite foods like strawberries, tomatoes, asparagus, and corn grow.

"With its engaging imagery and straightforward vocabulary, this book will captivate young readers while imparting valuable lessons about nature and nutrition."--Booklist

With vibrant illustrations and simple explanations, Our Food Grows shows how fruits, vegetables, and grains make their way from the farm to our plates. Perfect for curious kids and budding gardeners, this engaging introduction to where our food comes from reveals the magic of growing your own garden.

Whether you're teaching children about healthy eating or inspiring them to get their hands dirty in the garden, this book is a delightful way to spark their interest in the natural world and the food they eat.

- An Early Food Education--Simple, easy-to-understand explanations of how food grows and gets to the table.

- Connect with the Environment--Bright, collage-based illustrations help children understand and respect the natural world around them.

- Develop Healthy Eating for Life--Create positive attitudes towards food at an early age to establish lifelong healthy eating habits.

Help kids explore the roots of their favorite foods with this gentle, beautifully illustrated book about how food grows and the pleasures of healthy eating.

Author Biography

Sarah M. White is an author, educator, and mom. She writes across genres in both English and Spanish and enjoys collaborating with friends on creative projects. She's the author of the adult memoir-in-verse Today I Left the House: Diary of a First-Time Mom as well as five children's books for Spanish-language learners. Her work has appeared in Highlights High Five magazine. She's a member of SCBWI and Redbud Writers Guild. In the field of education, she works as a college and career counselor. Sarah lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband, three children, and black lab. Find her reading a book or outside, snapping the same nature picture year after year.

Tessa Gibbs is a stay-at-home mom with a passion for creating. She paints, illustrates, designs, and more. She loves exploring new mediums to feed her curiosity and hopes to pass that same passion on to her kids in an art-focused home. Tessa is inspired by nature, food, animals, and lots of color. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Tessa now lives in Madison with her husband and two children.