| Our School Garden! Contributor(s): Swann, Rick (Author), Hale, Christy (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0998436631 ISBN-13: 9780998436630 Publisher: Readers to Eaters OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 011934276 |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.9" W x 9.8" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Friendship - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New city. New school. Michael is feeling all alone--until he discovers the school garden There's so many ways to learn, and so much work to do. Taste a leaf? Mmm, nice and tangy hot. Dig for bugs? "Roly-poly " he yells. But the garden is much more than activities outdoors: making school garden stone soup, writing Found Poems and solving garden riddles, getting involved in community projects such as Harvest Day, food bank donations, and spring plant sales. Each season creates a new way to learn, explore and make friends. School librarian and gardener Rick Swann, in his picture book debut, describes the wonder of connecting with nature and the joy of growing and eating one's own harvest. Award-winning artist Christy Hale ( Dreaming Up, Elizabeti's Doll series) captures the brilliant color of the season and the harvest. This is the perfect book to read alone, as well as share in the classroom or with the entire family. Good read for the young gardener. Winner of the Growing Good Kids Book Award from Junior Master Gardener Program and American Horticultural Society, named Food Tanks' 15 Book for Future Foodies, and the Whole Kids Foundation Book Club selection in 2016. |
Contributor Bio(s): Swann, Rick: - Rick Swann has been gardening and foraging for food since he was a child. A former elementary school librarian, he is the co-lead of Slow Food Seattle's school garden program and an active member of the Seattle School Garden Network. At national and state conferences, he speaks on food literacy and the history of school gardens. Our School Garden! is his first picture book. Swann lives in Seattle, Washington. Read more about him at rickswann.com.Hale, Christy: - Christy Hale has illustrated many award-winning children's books, and is the author and illustrator of The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan and Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building. She is also an art director and designer, and teaches picture book writing at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She lives in Palo Alto, California. Read more about her at christyhale.com. |