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After dodging an enormous, rolling tomato, townsfolk hold a festival to honor the red fruit.

Two friends plan a party to use all the tomatoes they expect to get from their Wonder Plant.

"Meet Agent Tomato -- a master of disguise. Ketchup with this totally talented tomato as she teams up with lots of delicious foods."--Back cover.

"Abuelito has worked very hard to grow his tomatoes, but they are not growing now. It is much too cold outside! Abuelito asks Manny to help, but even tools can't change the weather..."--Cover back.

"Grandfather's garden is popping with peas. It's buzzing with blossoms and bumbly bees. It's bursting with berries and beans and potatoes and tall, twining vines of too many tomatoes. Eric Ode's rollicking, rhyming garden story combined with Kent Culotta's exuberant illustrations will have readers, tapping their toes (and digging their dirt, and sowing their seeds) as they count the too-many tomatoes overgrowing the garden, the building, the block...

A friendly competition to grow the best organic garden is underway. The prize is tempting--a ribbon, a photo and article in the newspaper, and some all-you-can eat favorites from Ned's Diner! Esmeralda, Annie, Oliver, and Rosamond are among the competitors. Just a few days before contest judging, some of Rosamond's tomatoes go missing, and Nate and Sludge are called to investigate. Who is eager for tomatoes, and why? Nate and Sludge are on the case...