In this creative non-fiction story, Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans. In this warm and inclusive story by U.S. Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, inspired by her own childhood diagnosis of diabetes, readers join along as differently abled kids use their strengths to work together and learn about each other.

A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

After seeing a picture of a flower garden, Wellington is determined to grow a garden even though he lives in a cold, snowy area.

When the dog that he did everything with passes away, a heartbroken Evan destroys their award-winning garden, but when a pumpkin vine brings new hope, Evan is drawn out of his misery and back to the county fair, where friendships await.