Summary
ASL edition. Visiting her grandparents in Desert Town, Elinor wants to make backyard soup — but the plants she knows from home don't grow there. The kids figure out that plants live where their needs are met. Then the friends investigate why fruits are so colorful.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Elinor can't find her soup ingredients in the desert — the plants there are different.
- Why didn't the same plants grow in Animal Town and Desert Town?
- What do plants need to live and grow?
- Why do you think fruits are bright colors instead of plain?
- What plants grow near where you live? Why do they do well there?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: desert, needs, soil, ripe, attract.
Try it: Draw one plant that grows near you and label what it needs: sun, water, soil.
Try it: Sort some fruits by color. Which animals might those colors attract?