These three books by Bruno Munari--"Roses in the Salad, Drawing a Tree, and "Drawing the Sun--are part of a new series from Edizioni Corraini called "Workshop. The books in this series describe different methods of learning, from educational activities to explanatory pamphlets to poetic play. The illuminating, gentle genius of Bruno Munari offers basic instructions and plenty of stimuli, suggestions, and illustrative pictures to get adults and children, teachers, and students working together. The above books by Munari, the first in the series, are classics from the hand of a magician. Never mind potatoes. Using a radicchio stalk as a stamp as a stamp (all it takes is a knife for cutting and an ink pad for coloring), one can discover the flowers in the vegetable garden. And then there are irises, peppers, cabbages, brussels sprouts, tomatoes (only very firm ones are recommended), lettuces, and so on.