Gardening

Entries Tagged as 'Gardening'

What’s in My Garden?

August 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By MAUREEN MCDOWELL What better way for baby to learn the colors of the rainbow than from the garden? What’s in My Garden?, a board book by Cheryl Christian, will entice babies with the illustrated, cut-out veggies that slide up from behind a garden scene. This simple book lacks a story, and instead invites [...]

I Heard It from Alice Zucchini

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I Heard It From Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden spans the course of all four seasons. The poems are narrated by various garden denizens at different places and times in their growing grounds, and the book offers the opportunity to contemplate gardening from a perspective other than that of a [...]

The Ugly Vegetables

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT In The Ugly Vegetables, author and illustrator Grace Lin‘s narrator is excited about planting a garden with her mother, but her joy quickly turns to concern as she notices all of the things that her mom is doing differently from their neighbors. Why, she wonders, does it seem that everyone else [...]

Whose Garden Is It?

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY As someone who believes that at the very least animals deserve rights equal to, say, corporations, I’m disturbed that our legal system treats them as property. So when I read Mary Ann Hoberman’s Whose Garden Is It?, I was delighted to see that she tackled a complex issue like ownership in [...]

The Curious Garden

May 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Liam, a curious young urbanite, looks at the drab, grey concrete bleakness around him and wonders if it could be different. While he’s out exploring, a few neglected pieces of greenery peeking out from an abandoned track bed assure him that it can be. And the tale of Peter Brown‘s The [...]

Growing Vegetable Soup

May 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT I enjoy Lois Ehlert‘s colorful, captivating books and Growing Vegetable Soup is no exception. Featuring her trademark bold, graphic illustrations and a simple message laid out in large print, she tells a story perfect for very small children just learning about gardening and growing. Tools are laid out, seeds are planted [...]

Just Like Mama

May 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JESSICA ALMY Lesléa Newman, author of Hachiko Waits, wrote a lovely book entitled Just Like Mama that hit bookstores last month. She collaborates with illustrator Julia Gorton on a tribute to motherhood, which is narrated by a little girl one summer day. My daughter, who is just beginning to read, loves the use of [...]

The Carrot Seed

April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books

Review By MAUREEN MCDOWELL The Carrot Seed is a board book about a little boy who plants a seed and patiently awaits its sprout. While not pertaining to animals, the book illustrates the sense of awe for and love of the earth natural to children. The little boy ignores his parents and older sibling when [...]

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