Alice's family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and the budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants and what birds and animals come to eat the insects--the food chain, right in her own backyard!

KATHLEEN WEIDNER ZOEHFELD was a children's book editor for more than 10 years before becoming a full-time writer. She has published more than 60 books for children, most about animals and natural history.PRISCILLA LAMONT has illustrated dozens of books, including the Animal Rescue Team books by Sue Stauffacher, and Goose and Duck by Jean Craighead George. Whether drawing human or animal characters, Priscilla always likes to include some humor.