{"title":"Books for 3-5 Year Olds","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse through our extensive selection of books for 3-5 year olds. You're sure to find something to delight their young minds!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sven-nordqvist-findus-plants-meatballs","title":"Sven Nordqvist: Findus Plants Meatballs","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was a beautiful spring morning. The birds were singing, the grass was growing. Insects were busy everywhere, flying and crawling and filling the air with the gentle buzzing, rustling song of life returning after winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarmer Pettson stood in the vegetable patch and inspected the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It's time,' he said. 'Today we can sow vegetables and plant potatoes.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFindus the cat was running around chasing beetles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'What do you mean plant?' he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Plant in the soil. 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