Akron Public Library

Potato is very excited to buy a pair of pants on sale at Lance Vance's Fancy Pants Store, but when he sees Eggplant, who pushed him the day before, he is afraid to go in.

A farmer's family helps him dig a large potato out of the ground so they can use it to feed the town.

Rot, a mutant potato, enters a "Cutest in the World" contest but worries when he sees his competition.

Potatoes set off across the darkened fair grounds to enjoy the rides, but Hackemup the chef has other plans for them.

Potato is worried about what might happen in the future, causing Flamingo to worry, too, but their friend, a little girl, encourages them to focus on enjoying the present, instead.

For their second-grade class celebration of Kwaanza, Chanukah, Christmas and all other winter holidays, Gloria and Big Bob write a play about Potato Claus, friend to children everywhere.

A counting book in which increasing numbers of pigs arrive and are recruited to help as Mamma cooks potatoes.

"Albert is desperate for a pet, so he's really excited when Dad finally brings one home. There's just one problem: it's a potato"--

Once upon a time there was a Prussian King, Frederick, also known as Fritz, who saw potential in the lowly potato -- a newly introduced crop from South America -- and decided to plant it for his people. However, it quickly became clear that his subjects didn't like being told what to eat. Determined to see the potato thrive, Fritz cleverly used reverse psychology to pique his people's curiosity and make the crop popular, and the potato has flourished...

During the "Great Depression," a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.