Describes what happens to a bean as it is soaked, planted, watered, and repotted, and eventually produces pods with more beans inside.

Simple text and photographs present the life cycle of a bean plant from seed to adult.

"Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet--toot, toot!--and making music. Loud music. But Bean is missing something: he does not have words. What will happen if Frank shares his words with Bean? With a laugh-out-loud narrative by Jamie Michalak, author of the Joe and Sparky series, and Bob Kolar's bright, graphic, comical illustrations, this fresh...

Everyone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool. And then there's the uncool has-bean ... Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd--until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.

Determined to go down the super slide at the community pool, Cool Bean must summon up his courage and face his fears to do something totally cool.