Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens (A Caldacott Honor Book)

Genre: Fiction/Picture Book
Age range: 5-8
Summary: There was a lazy bear that had a field to grow crops but he was so lazy that he just slept through the season. There was a Hare that was a farmer but lost his land. He asked the bear if he could use his field and said he would give him the top halves of the crop. The hare grew carrots and other crops that the top had no food to it. The bear was mad and the hare said he would do it again and give him the bottoms this time. The hare grow a bunch of crops that the bottom had no food to it, like broccoli and celery. The bear was mad again so the hare said he could have the tops and bottoms next time and the hare grew corn and took the middle, the ear of corn, for himself and gave the stalk to the bear. The bear was so mad that he never missed another season for growing crops and the hare bought his own field from all the money he made cheating the bear.