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How Does a Seed Grow?
How Does a Seed Grow? by Sue Kim, photographs by Tilde A visually interesting book all about seeds, sprouts and the harvest. Each page is dedicated to one kind of seed complete with photographs of...
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Yucky Worms
Yucky Worms by Vivian French, illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg A young boy was in his grandmother’s garden when she found a worm. He is disgusted by it, but his grandmother insists that he should be...
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The Good Garden – Informative and Radiant
The Good Garden by Katie Smith Milway, illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault The author of One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference continues to explore the impact of education and funding on poor...
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Nibbles: A Green Tale
Nibbles: A Green Tale by Charlotte Middleton The guinea pigs of Dandeville loved eating dandelion leaves. Nibbles loved eating them even more than he loved playing soccer. He ate them for breakfast,...
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A Garden for Pig
A Garden for Pig by Kathryn K. Thurman, illustrated by Lindsay Ward Pig lives on an apple farm where they grow lots and lots of apples. And what does Pig get to eat? Apples, apples, and more apples....
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Review–Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith
Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin This lovely book moves from the steady and deliberate planting of seeds by farmers to the ways that seeds are...
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Book Review: Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith Released August 30, 2011. Grandpa Green was born long ago. He grew up on a farm, got chicken pox in fourth grade, and kissed a girl in middle school. Though he wanted to...
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Review: And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead This enchanting book starts with the brown of late winter. It’s the brown that you have to plant seeds into in the hopes of green...
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Review: Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illustrated by Priscilla Lamont Alice loves it when spring arrives and they can start planting the...
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Review: Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell
Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell Released on June 15, 2013. Three children scramble out of bed at their grandpa’s house to a rainy day. But they don’t want to stay inside, so Grandpa sends them...
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Review: Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller and Anne Wilsdorf Released August 6, 2013 When Sophie and her family go to the farmer’s market, Sophie helps pick out a lovely squash. However, it is not a...
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Review: Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Eric-Shabazz Larkin Will Allen is a farmer who can see the potential where others can’t. When he sees a vacant lot,...
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Review: Plant a Pocket of Prairie by Phyllis Root
Plant a Pocket of Prairie by Phyllis Root, illustrated by Betsy Bowen Prairies used to cover vast swaths of the United States, but are almost entirely gone now. In this nonfiction picture book, young...
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Review: How to Grow a Friend by Sara Gillingham
How to Grow a Friend by Sara Gillingham Growing a friend is a lot like growing a flower as this picture book proves. Just like flowers, friends need a seed and good soil. You need space to bloom....
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Review: The Little Gardner by Emily Hughes
The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes The gardener loves his garden and he works hard in it, but he’s not that good at gardening. He feels often that he is too small for the job. He does manage to grow...
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Book Review: Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith Released August 30, 2011. Grandpa Green was born long ago. He grew up on a farm, got chicken pox in fourth grade, and kissed a girl in middle school. Though he wanted to...
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Review: And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano, illustrated by Erin E. Stead This enchanting book starts with the brown of late winter. It’s the brown that you have to plant seeds into in the hopes of green...
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Review: Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Zoehfeld
Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, illustrated by Priscilla Lamont Alice loves it when spring arrives and they can start planting the...
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Review: Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell
Rainbow Stew by Cathryn Falwell Released on June 15, 2013. Three children scramble out of bed at their grandpa’s house to a rainy day. But they don’t want to stay inside, so Grandpa sends them...
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Review: Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller
Sophie’s Squash by Pat Zietlow Miller and Anne Wilsdorf Released August 6, 2013 When Sophie and her family go to the farmer’s market, Sophie helps pick out a lovely squash. However, it is not a...
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