Celebrate 75 years of Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnsons bestselling classic with a moving foreword from award-winning picture book creator Kevin Henkes. When a little boy plants a carrot seed, everyone tells him it wont grow. But when you are very young, there are some things that you just know, and the little boy knows that one day a carrot will come up. So he waters his seed, and pulls the weeds, and he waits. . . . First published in 1945 and never out of print, this timeless combination of Ruth Krausss simple text and Crockett Johnsons eloquent illustrations creates a triumphant and deeply satisfying story for readers of all ages.