PICTURE BOOKS THAT FOCUS ON
PLANTS OR GARDENING
PLANTING A RAINBOW, by Lois Ehlert,
tells how a child and his mother plant flowers from bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and care
for their garden. The story line is in giant print at the top of each brightly illustrated
page. In smaller print Ehlert labels each flower. At the end the flowers are arranged by
color on pages that are cut back enough to show all the rainbow colors together. A great
book for teaching both the names of colors and flowers to preschoolers. Primaries will
enjoy trying to read it. 6.00, paper.
 THE CARROT SEED, by Ruth Kraus, illustrated by
Crocket Johnson. A little boy knows the carrot seed he planted will grow into a carrot --
no matter what his family thinks. A very small book with only 101 words and very large
print. This book is as much about a small boy's faith as it is about gardening. For
preschoolers, 4.95 in paper or as a board book. Specify your choice.
FROM SEED TO PLANT. Gail Gibbons' bright, bold, simple pictorial
explanations show the process of a plant's growth from seed to sprout, to mature plant.
6.95, paper. For ages 3-8.
GARDEN ALPHABET, by I. Wilner, illustrated
by A. Wolff. Lively watercolors and lilting couplets follow a canine gardener and friend
through the alphabet as they plan, plant, nurture, and finally harvest a bountiful garden.
. Ages 3-8.Out of print. Not available.
GROWING COLORS. Bruce McMillan takes his
camera into the garden to photograph some of the gorgeous colors nature grows. Stunning
life-size pictures of fruits and vegetables, with a color index at the back for review.
Ages 3-8, paper, 4.95.
 GROWING VEGETABLE SOUP, by Lois
Ehlert. This book's giant print, bright, bold, colorful illustrations, and simple
sentences make it the perfect introduction to gardening for a young child. Every noun from
shovel to squash blossom to sun is labeled to help increase vocabulary. The orderly
progression of actions from getting the tools laid out to eating the soup lays the
foundations for sequencing exercises. The recipe for the soup is on the back cover for
Mom. Great tie-in with units on where foods come from. paper, 6.00. Ages 3-8.
 Miss
Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. Penguin Picture Puffin, 1985. Great-Aunt
Alice Rumphius, when she was but a girl, told her artist grandfather that when
she grew up she would go to faraway places as he had, and that she, too,
would live by the sea, as he did, when she became old. But he tells her there is
a third thing she must do -- make the world more beautiful. It became one of her
goals, but she wasn't sure how she would do it. But when she did get old and
settled down in that house by the sea, she got her idea, with a bit of help from
the wind. She would plant lupines everywhere she could. As Johnny Appleseed
sowed apple seeds, she sowed the seeds of lupine flowers, and in her town she
become known as the Lupine Lady. BTH-2629. $6.29-D Featured in the Five in a Row Unit
Study Curriculum.
 Sunflower
House by Eve Bunting. Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt. Harcourt,
Brace and Co., 1996. Watch the children plant a sunflower house from the seeds
sown in a circle. They grow tall as they are watered and then the flowers appear
in all their beauty. And the children play inside what has become a house, a
castle, a cage, and a place to sleep out in. Until summer is over and the
flowers fade and the stalks fall down and the children can't fix them. But still
there's something more the flowers can give when their lovely petals have fallen
-- wonderful seeds for next year's house, and enough to share with the birds.
BTH-2656. $5.40-D
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Prices of books above are subject to change at any time,
but they will almost always be 10% off the current publisher's list price.
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