Sammy, a friendly, purple creature from Fern Valley, has a lot to be excited about. Today, his baseball team is having their first practice of the season, new neighbors are moving in across the street, and the tomatoes he planted in his first garden are starting to ripen As he is racing to practice, however, his day takes a weird turn when he is hit by a tomato Luckily, Sammy isn't hurt. Later, at practice, one of Sammy's good friends also gets hit with a tomato. When the Fern Valley Friends realize the missing tomatoes came from Sammy's own plant, the gang knows something is amiss. Can they figure out who the mysterious tomato-thrower is before all the tomatoes disappear? THE MYSTERY OF THE FLYING TOMATOES is a good old-fashioned mystery full of colorful characters, counting lessons, good laughs, and a lesson about acceptance.