Three interconnected tales reveal the dangers, both from within and without, of life in a vegetable garden as leeks meet one of Santa's reindeer, carrots plot an escape, and an unlikely romance leads to an inevitable conclusion.

Having to abandon fun plans with her friends, Pistachio is forced to take her little sister Penny to the park where they encounter fruit thefts, a witchs garden, and an angry park warden with a rulebook.

Illustrations and an easy-to-read story, interspersed with facts, pay tribute to a cat which finds that life as a pet offers opportunities to display his wild, predatory nature.

Soy muy goloso y muy, muy torpe. Siempre grito y no me gusta lavarme. Pego mis mocos por todas partes y he cortado las cortinas de mi habitacion... Y, sin embargo mi mama me adora! Im greedy and very, very clumsy. Im always shouting, Im very naughty...but mom loves me very much.