"Soil may look like lifeless matter beneath your feet, but nothing could be further from the truth! Healthy soil is teeming with organisms, organic material, and minerals that make plant life--including sources of food--possible. Readers will learn more about the "recipe" for good soil, how soil may change because of environmental factors, and that soil is truly one of the most vital natural resources on Earth"--Amazon.

Discusses the nature, uses, and importance of soil and the many forms of life that it supports.

Upset at being called "just a worm," worm sets out around the garden to find out what the other insects do, and discover his own role in keeping the garden healthy.