First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden by Grigsby, Susan. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884782545511.

Best Childrens Books of the Year 2013, Bank Street College 2013 Growing Good Kids - Excellence in Childrens Literature Award 2013-2014 Macys Multicultural Collection of Childrens Literature 2012 Childrens Agriculture Book of the Year, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation 2016 Agriculture Book of the Year, American Farm Bureau Foundation Maya loves contests, so she is excited when her teacher announces they will plant a school garden like Thomas Jeffersons garden at Monticello―and theyll have a "First Peas to the Table" contest, just like Jefferson and his neighbors had each spring. Maya plants her pea seeds with a secret head start―found in Jefferson’s Garden Book―and keeps careful notes in her garden journal. But her friend Shakayla has plans of her own for the contest.