First grader Russell Michaels grows more than an inch taller, becoming big enough to wear his red slicker and big enough to deal with family and school challenges.
Wishing he had something to be clever at like each of the other children in his class, Ling Sung unexpectedly and happily discovers the others admire his prowess with chopsticks.
"A journey through the various cycles of growing up, from a garden that began as a single seed to a child remembering that he was once small"--Publisher.
"Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest. A confounded blade of grass searchesfor his 'est' in this ... story about growing up"--Provided by publisher.