When Ruby Tried to Grow Candy

Ruby Louise Hawthorne can't believe her eyes. Right there, in Miss Wysterious's garden, teacups are growing on trees, shoes are sprouting like weeds, and eggbeaters are jangling from branches. So maybe Ruby should listen when Miss Wysterious tells her all the important rules of gardening--like watering and weeding and labeling what you plant. That way, when Ruby plants her jellybeans, they really just might grow. . . . Anyone with even the slightest sweet tooth is sure to rejoice along with Ruby when her candy finally sprouts! And it's all depicted in Fisher's mixedmedia illustrations that include real candy!

"To Ruby's surprised delight, peppermints and gumdrops blossom forth. What can readers take away? Gather ye peppermint rosebuds? Blossom wherever you're planted? Or, as Miss Wysterious says, "If you're in doubt, nothing will sprout"-in other words, believe and magical things will happen, a nebulous and familiar message that gets a literal interpretation here." -- Publisher's Weekly

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