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Country United States Publication date 1945 Pages 65 Page count 65 | 4.1/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Originally published 1945 Illustrator Crockett Johnson Publisher Scholastic Corporation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Children's literature, Picture book Similar Crockett Johnson books, Children's literature, Classical Studies books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The carrot seed book reading
The Carrot Seed is a 1945 children's book by Ruth Krauss. As of 2004, The Carrot Seed has been in print continuously since its first publication in 1945.
Contents
Read aloud of the carrot seed by ruth krauss
Description
The Carrot Seed was illustrated by Krauss's husband, Crockett Johnson. At 101 words, it was one of the shortest picture book texts when it was published in 1945.
Plot
The book opens with the words: "A little boy planted a carrot seed. His mother said, 'I'm afraid it won't come up." Despite the skepticism of his parents and, particularly, his older brother, he persists and "pulled up the weeds around it every day and sprinkled the ground with water." The book concludes simply "And then, one day, a carrot came up just as the little boy had known it would." The carrot is so large that it fills a wheelbarrow.