The Surprise Garden

Marylin Hafner. McGraw-Hill Consumer Products, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-57768-895-2

And finally, the girl-and-cat duo from Ladybug magazine returns to plant Grandma's vegetable seeds in Molly and Emmett's Surprise Garden by Marylin Hafner. The volume concludes with directions for young green thumbs to start their own ""Ready-Set-Grow Garden."" ( May)

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