Tra's Red Bean Plant

Name: Tra's Red Bean Plant
Author: Alisha Berger

by Alisha Berger

Ages 3–710 min readPatienceFree to read

Tra is excited about her birthday gift. It's three red bean seeds and a book about gardening. She plants her seeds and waters them daily. But for some reason her plant begins to droop. What could be wrong?

A sweet, sunhurried lesson in patience, where a girl's loving eagerness teaches her that growing things bloom in their own good time.

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Written by Alisha Berger

Illustrated by Phạm Hùng Vinh

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

Tra watered her bean plant again and again because she wanted it to grow faster. Has waiting for something ever felt really hard for you?
The gardening book kept telling Tra 'not like that!' Why is it important to follow the directions?
Tra sang 'La La La!' while she watered her plant. What song would you sing to help a seed grow?

Tra's Red Bean Plant

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