Book excerpt: When a boy and his pet dragon grow a garden, what will they learn? They learn about planting vegetables, what makes plants grow, what vegetables we can eat from the garden and more. The Dear Dragon Developing Readers series provides young readers practice reading with simple story lines, familiar topics and vocabulary, and fun illustrations that support the text written at F&P level A. Each book contains educators' resources which include a picture glossary, reading reinforcements and activities. Teachers' notes also available on publisher's website.