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The Allotment Handbook
Botanica: The Illustrated A-Z of Over 10,000 Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them
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Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll
The Cutting Garden: Growing and Arranging Garden Flowers
Dear Friend and Gardener: Letters on Life and Gardening
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The Language of Flowers
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Hidden Gardens of Spain
Herb Gardens (RHS Practical Guides)
The Garden Design Sourcebook: The Essential Guide to Garden Materials and Structures
Roses (RHS Practical Guides)
Small Gardens (RHS Practical Guides)
The "Sunday Times" Small Gardens for Modern Living
Beautiful Hanging Baskets (Practical Gardening Library)
Commercial Hydroponics: How to Grow 86 Different Plants in Hydroponics

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cute and easy
I don't get it
The Carrot Seed
Lesson on Faith
A Great Classic

The Carrot Seed Board Book
Ruth Krauss
Manufacturer: HarperFestival
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Board book

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Corduroy

ASIN: 0694004928

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Ruth Krauss, author of A Hole Is to Dig, has crafted a story almost Zen-like in its simplicity. A little boy plants a carrot seed and waits patiently, tending to it carefully, while everyone around him insists that "it won't come up." His conviction is steadfast, however, and sure enough, a carrot worthy of first prize at any state fair springs forth from the earth. Krauss's husband, Crockett Johnson (creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon), illustrated The Carrot Seed, and while the little boy is rendered with uncomplicated lines, all of his hope, confidence, and serenity shine through. The image that resonates most strongly in this minimalist tale is the unfaltering faith of the mild-mannered little boy. Young readers learn that standing your ground in the face of opposition and doubt can often result in twice the reward expected (even thrice the reward, if judging by the girth of this carrot). (Ages 4 to 8)

Book Description

When you are very young,
there are some things that you just know....

This treasured story of childhood faith
rewarded is now avaliable in a board book
edition for the youngest child.

Customer Reviews:

cute and easy.......2007-03-16

Pictures are very cute and this book is so easy to read and make my son attacted! We love it!

I don't get it.......2007-02-02

Maybe I'm being a bit too hard on this book, but after reading it I felt it was a very odd story. Sure it has a good message of not giving up because of peoples doubts. But somehow having the parent tell the child that they were afraid the seed wouldn't come up left me feeling yucky about the parents in the story.

The colors are ugly brown and orange. The illustrations look a bit like old fashioned comic strip characters; however they are clear and understandable. The text large and clear. The story is simple and repetitive. Its a okay book, but not the best available.

I much prefer Growing Vegetable Soup by Ehlert and A Seed Grows by Hickman. However, this book is probably the easiest of the 3 for a child to understand.

The Carrot Seed.......2006-11-13

I love this book. And even though it is clearly intended to be a children's book, I gave it to my daughter for her birthday, turning 24. Then I wished I'd gotten a copy for myself, so I did. It's on my coffee table. The graphics are great, so simple, so 40's, but it's the message that I come back for; trust your gut, and don't give up your dreams. In this charming book, everyone around the young child pessimistically tells him "It won't come up." But he continues to water and hoe the seed he planted. He doesn't listen to all the negative chatter, and the outcome really brings a smile to your face. A great gift book.

Lesson on Faith.......2006-11-10

This short children's book about a child planting and caring for a carrot seed is a simple, yet profound, lesson on how faith works. It is one of the best books on faith that I have read - even for adults.

A Great Classic.......2006-11-03

Simple sweet book about one little boy's faithfulness to his belief that his carrot seed will indeed produce a carrot

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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Interesting magazine article with a lot of filler.
Orchids are an obsession
It's Almost Embarrassing How Much I Love This Book
Unique hobby, unique people
Mired down in the swamp of bad writing

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Susan Orlean
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 044900371X
Release Date: 2000-01-04

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Orchidelirium is the name the Victorians gave to the flower madness that is for botanical collectors the equivalent of gold fever. Wealthy orchid fanatics of that era sent explorers (heavily armed, more to protect themselves against other orchid seekers than against hostile natives or wild animals) to unmapped territories in search of new varieties of Cattleya and Paphiopedilum. As knowledge of the family Orchidaceae grew to encompass the currently more than 60,000 species and over 100,000 hybrids, orchidelirium might have been expected to go the way of Dutch tulip mania. Yet, as journalist Susan Orlean found out, there still exists a vein of orchid madness strong enough to inspire larceny among collectors.

The Orchid Thief centers on south Florida and John Laroche, a quixotic, charismatic schemer once convicted of attempting to take endangered orchids from the Fakahatchee swamp, a state preserve. Laroche, a horticultural consultant who once ran an extensive nursery for the Seminole tribe, dreams of making a fortune for the Seminoles and himself by cloning the rare ghost orchid Polyrrhiza lindenii. Laroche sums up the obsession that drives him and so many others:

I really have to watch myself, especially around plants. Even now, just being here, I still get that collector feeling. You know what I mean. I'll see something and then suddenly I get that feeling. It's like I can't just have something--I have to have it and learn about it and grow it and sell it and master it and have a million of it.

Even Orlean--so leery of orchid fever that she immediately gives away any plant that's pressed upon her by the growers in Laroche's circle--develops a desire to see a ghost orchid blooming and makes several ultimately unsuccessful treks into the Fakahatchee. Filled with Palm Beach socialites, Native Americans, English peers, smugglers, and naturalists as improbably colorful as the tropical blossoms that inspire them, this is a lyrical, funny, addictively entertaining read. --Barrie Trinkle

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In Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world's most extraordinary plants and trees. Laroche had planned to clone the orchids and then sell them for a small fortune to impassioned collectors. After he was caught in the act, Laroche set off one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native Amer-ican activists, and devoted orchid collectors. The result is a tale that is strange, compelling, and hilarious.

New Yorker writer Susan Orlean followed Laroche through swamps and into the eccentric world of Florida's orchid collectors, a subculture of aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Along the way, Orlean learned the history of orchid collecting, discovered an odd pattern of plant crimes in Florida, and spent time with Laroche's partners, a tribe of Seminole Indians who are still at war with the United States.

There is something fascinating or funny or truly bizarre on every page of The Orchid Thief: the story of how the head of a famous Seminole chief came to be displayed in the front window of a local pharmacy; or how seven hundred iguanas were smuggled into Florida; or the case of the only known extraterrestrial plant crime. Ultimately, however, Susan Orlean's book is about passion itself, and the amazing lengths to which people will go to gratify it. That passion is captured with singular vision in The Orchid Thief, a once-in-a-lifetime story by one of our most original journalists.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

Interesting magazine article with a lot of filler........2007-01-04

This book is interesting yet, as has already been mentioned in other reviews, it probably should have stayed a magazine article. The book, which is already printed in large font, has a lot of sections that are obvious filler to increase the page count. I could forgive these off topic filler sections if they were at least entertaining but unfortunately they are not.

Orchids are an obsession.......2006-11-03

Susan Orlean is wonderfully masterful with her wording. Her descriptions of the Everglades and the Floridians who have a love for the planet's most desired flower are written so that the reader almost sees the scene appear in place of the words on a page. There's a sense that you're there in the Fakahatchie swamp slogging through the mud and watching for dangerous animals while searching for the hidden prize - the Ghost Orchid.

It's Almost Embarrassing How Much I Love This Book.......2006-07-15

I mean it...I read it several years ago, and I still keep it nearby. I can open it to any page and fall in. Yes, I love Florida, yes, I love flowers of all kind, but it's more than that. Orlean is very Annie Dillard (that's about the highest compliment I could pay to another writer) in her approach of the subject--weaving her life, her longings, the "study" of obsession, the plot of how all this will turn out in deft prose that in places, takes my breath away.

Unique hobby, unique people.......2006-04-24

An interesting story about the lure of a segment of the population that has become enchanted by orchids. The author follows one of these eccentrics, John Laroche an orchid collector all the while portraying other characters that are hooked on orchids explained with side stories. Most of these collectors seem to exhibit some type of fatal character flaw brought on by their infatuation for orchids. Fast,light educational reading that sheds some light on a unique hobby that attracts its share of unique people.

Mired down in the swamp of bad writing.......2006-03-19

A slice of life sketch of various people who collect orchids, this book gives accounts of those afflicted with the orchid obsession. While at times engrossing, the writer jumps around constantly, offers opinions as unsubstantiated facts, and leaves the reader wondering why some people are mentioned in the book at all. I was disappointed in this book and definitely did not catch the fever.

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GREAT teacher gift
Superb!

Mrs. Spitzer's Garden: [Gift Edition]
Edith Pattou
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152058028

Book Description

Mrs. Spitzer is a wise teacher who knows many things. She knows about gardens. She knows about children. She knows how similar they are. And how they will flourish if tended lovingly.

There are many remarkable teachers like Mrs. Spitzer in the world. Available for the first time in an intimate gift edition, here is a book to celebrate all that they do, year after year, to help our children grow and blossom.

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GREAT teacher gift.......2007-06-08

I gave this book to my daughter's kindergarten teacher. She loved it. I had all the kids sign their name in the book. It's small enough to be displayed if desired.

Superb!.......2007-05-20

This is a "must have" for all teachers. Any teacher would love to end (or begin) the year with this wonderful gift. The author draws a perfect analogy between the care of a garden and the children put in her charge for a year. I LOVE IT!

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She speaks...
Good Buy
Her Story
Surprising insights from a "blonde bombshell" movie icon

My Story: Illustrated Edition
Marilyn Monroe
Manufacturer: Taylor Trade Publishing
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ASIN: 1589793161

Book Description

Written at the height of her fame but not published until over a decade after her death, this autobiography of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) poignantly recounts her childhood as an unwanted orphan, her early adolescence, her rise in the film industry from bit player to celebrity, and her marriage to Joe DiMaggio.

Customer Reviews:

She speaks..........2007-06-29

These are tales, anecdotes, of Marilyn's life in her own (edited) words. The stories are simple but amusing and sometimes touching. The pictures are sensuous and beautiful. I recommend this book for Marilyn fans.

Good Buy.......2007-05-12

This book had a lot of information about Marilyn as well as many pictures. Good Buy!

Her Story.......2007-04-10

It was very interesting to read this book, since it came from Marilyn's own words. You read so many books written about her, but with MY STORY, I felt like I was having an intimate chat with a close girlfriend. I only wish there was more. I finished it in a few hours and found myself wanting to learn more about her years after her divorce from DiMaggio.

Surprising insights from a "blonde bombshell" movie icon.......2007-04-06

Reading this book one realizes that in real life Marilyn Monroe was very observant and insightful, the antithesis of the bubble-headed role she projected both on screen and in public. In simple, almost childishly naive conversational tones, she describes her childhood as an orphan, sexually abused by an older man and married (to another man) by her late teens. She recounts the struggle as a young actress - the seemingly endless round of casting calls and dashed hopes until she begins to get noticed by the powers that be.

Her persona may be that of someone lacking street smarts, but she is also perceptive. Her observations of the usual cast of characters at Hollywood - the movers, shakers, stars and wannabes of all stripes - is surprisingly deep. She describes the myriad women whose movie roles for ten years has been limited to walk-on extras, as walking "ten feet towards nothing" after each fleeting appearance.

Her tone is wisful and longing but she never devolves into self-pity. Her famed vulnerability and her adult/child appeal comes through as very real personality traits, not as an on screen creation. She sees herself as just another pretty girl, and cannot comprehend the magic spell she cast on Hollywood and her fans. It comes as a surprise to read her revelation about sex being no big source of pleasure for her.

I would have loved to see at least a chapter's worth of commentary on her writings. Other than for the obvious luminaries who greatly impacted her life, many people she mentioned would be unfamiliar names to readers of this book. A little background on their influences on her life would have been a welcome addition to the book.

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A touching story for any teacher!
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER
the perfect gift
Mrs. Spritzers Garden
Lovely book about teachers

Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
Edith Pattou
Manufacturer: Harcourt Children's Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152019782

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This touching story will help children to understand the importance of friendship, the strength in a family, and how to deal with the feelings that they must face each day. Hardback.

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A touching story for any teacher!.......2007-05-15

This beautiful story about a teacher who cares for her flower garden (tilling the soil, watching for weeds, catering to each flowers different needs, as well as noticing the differences between the various flowers) makes a great gift for any teacher, care giver, etc. The symbolism is so true between the flowers and children! It's a very sweet story!

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR FAVORITE TEACHER.......2007-05-07

Tuesday, May 8th is National Teacher Day. What a perfect gift for your favorite teacher or your child's favorite teacher.

MY favorite teacher is my daughter who teaches first grade. This book is wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated. The illustrations will be enjoyed by young and old alike. The story line is charming and caring.

Mrs. Spitzer starts each new season with new seeds she has planted. Throughout the year she watches them grow and blossom. What a lovely story this book tells about teaching and children.

I can't wait to give this gift to my daughter. I am sure it will be one she will treasure for years to come.

Thank you!

Pam

the perfect gift.......2007-04-19

I found this book at our local library. My kids never got the concept of the book. But it is perfect for grown ups! I am going to have each of the kids and parents from my kids preschool class sign the inside cover. Then, along with the book, we will give the teachers a large plant for their yard. That way, they will have two reminders of the influence they have had on our class.

Mrs. Spritzers Garden.......2007-02-20

I bought this book to give a fabulous pre-school teacher. If you have a teacher that has really made a difference to your young child- this might be the book for you.

Lovely book about teachers.......2007-01-12

Mrs. Spitzer is a teacher at Tremont Elementary School in Room #108. That's an important number because each year, at summer's end, the school principal brings Mrs. Spitzer a packet of seeds. All year Mrs. Spitzer tends to the seeds. She waters them, feeds them, and makes sure they have sun and room to grow. And she watches them carefully because she doesn't want pests or weeds to intrude.

And at the end of the growing season, Mrs. Spitzer is happy because she sees her seeds bloom. When the year is over, her job is complete, but the seeds that grew into beautiful flowers will keep on growing and maturing, thanks to her help.

Mrs. Spitzer knows about children and plants. She knows that they often need the same things to bloom.

When I first opened Mrs. Spitzer's Garden I thought it was a children's book (it can be enjoyed by children) but it really is a lovely thank you to that special teacher who loves and cares for your child during the school year. That teacher is much like a gardener. Very much like Mrs. Spitzer.

This is a thoughtful gift to the teacher who has touched a child's life. The illustrations are warm, cozy and inviting.

Armchair Interviews says: The perfect gift for your child's favorite teacher!

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What a Beautiful Book
A wonderful gift for palm lovers
Beautiful pictures--very informative.

Palm Trees: A Story in Photographs
David Leaser
Manufacturer: Westwood Pacific Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

Palm Trees: A Story in Photographs is a visual masterpiece filled with spectacular images of palm trees from around the world. From the formal gardens of Versailles to a lush tropical rainforest in the South Pacific, you'll enjoy the vast diversity of palms that inhabit our planet.

• Beautiful hardcover binding with more than 130 photos.

• Filled with images of rarely photographed species.

• An ideal gift for landscapers, gardeners and palm lovers.

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What a Beautiful Book.......2007-06-02

I read about this book in a local newspaper and was dying to get my hands on it and I was not disappointed. I love palm trees and living in California (southern) we enjoy seeing many types. If you are looking for a reference book or field guide this is not it. It is a gem of a coffee table book that everyone who has sat on my couch has been tempted to thumb through.

A wonderful gift for palm lovers.......2007-03-26

While "Palm Trees: A Story in Photographs" does not contain the detailed information that experts and amateur enthusiasts would refer to for guidance or research, it is an esthetic jewel of a book whose magnificent photos render it the perfect "coffee table" item for palm lovers everywhere.

Beautiful pictures--very informative........2007-02-18

We really like this book. It has a lot of the different types of palm trees in it with beautiful pictures and good, dscriptive information.

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park

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People can be so stupid!
Interesting, but the Grand Canyon Death Book is better
Previous Yellowstone Visitors
A somewhat entertaining historical account
Deadly Captivating!

Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park
Lee Whittlesey
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ASIN: 1570980217

Book Description

Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general.

Customer Reviews:

People can be so stupid!.......2007-01-14

I am constantly amazed at how stupid some people can be, and many are noted in this book. I'm fascinated by the subject matter. I enjoyed how the author presented the various cases - similar to Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon. I would recommend this book.

Interesting, but the Grand Canyon Death Book is better.......2006-12-31

Had some good stories for sure. Getting lost and dying in the springs was amazing. Worth buying, but the same title for the GCNP was really amazing.

Previous Yellowstone Visitors.......2006-12-30

If you have been to Yellowstone for a few days, you will love this book!

A somewhat entertaining historical account.......2006-12-10

Given my odd sense of humor, I wasn't suprised that I liked this book. While tragic, the deaths accounted for remind us that when we're dealing with nature, we must deal with it on its own rules. The "pedestrians have the right-of-way" attitude won't cut it out there, folks! Of course some deaths were not the result of the individuals foolishness, but also by accident or bad luck.

Deadly Captivating!.......2006-12-04

A wonderful compilation of death from misadventure within America's first national park. My favorite is the guy who jumped head-first into a boiling hotspring to save a dog. Suffice to say, he was cooked, and died a miserable death just a few hours later. "That was a stupid thing I did," he said. Well, judging by this book, you're not the only one, buddy!

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Magical Garden inspired my students
Art Appreceation for children
Great for Toddlers
Breathtaking journey for children into Monet's paintings

The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Laurence Anholt
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
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ASIN: 0764155741

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Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. Julie is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family. They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl it is like walking in a dreamy world where twisting plants grow as tall as trees. When Julie's dog runs away, she asks the gardener to help find her pet, and soon she and the gardener are friends. But this amiable, bearded old man is a very unusual gardener, for not only does he cultivate his many plants, he also paints beautiful pictures of them. Julie has made a friend of the great impressionist painter, Claude Monet. Based on a true story about the daughter of another fine artist, Berthe Morisot, this charmingly illustrated picture book includes reproductions by author-illustrator Laurance Anholt of a famous waterlilies painting, which Monet completed in his garden at Giverny, a few miles from Paris.

Customer Reviews:

Magical Garden inspired my students.......2006-08-12

Anholt's lovely book about Monet is my favorite of the series about famous artists. He demystifies impressionism and actually inspires children to paint their own "magical gardens"!!

Art Appreceation for children.......2005-11-11

Fine art apprecation was a lost thing among adults let alone children, encouraging an understanding of art at a young age will encorage intrest in art in children and their caregivers alike. Help kids enjoy art and culture while reading a fun story. With this book, (and the others in the series) they introduce kids to the famous artworks of great painters throughout history while encoraging a childs imagination to be creative and tell a story with each picture.

This story is even better because it is based on factual people, even the little girl. She embarks on a journey with her mother to visit a friend..the little girl ends up chasing her runaway dog on the trip and finds herself in a most magnificent garden..only to find out that is the "friend" they were going to visit. This book is wonderful, historical, educational, and fun. It encourages children to think about paintings, and to form images and stories for each one, to think about "what would it be like to be inside that painting".

Great for Toddlers.......2005-08-13

The Magical Garden of Claude Monet is a great way to expose young children to impressionist art. My son loved the story of Julie in Monet's garden. Julie is a young French girl who takes a train with her Mother to visit Monet's garden. As they arrive into the countryside, her dog runs away and is found in Monet's garden. Soon the painter and Julie become friends. The illustrations are bright and colorful. You almost feel as if you are inside one of Monet's paintings. Children will be captivated by the story as well as the beautiful pictures.

Breathtaking journey for children into Monet's paintings.......2004-10-16

I have long been a fan of Linnea in Monet's Garden - so I was very excited to find this new series of books by Laurence Anholt. Anholt's approach to introducing children to these artists - he has covered Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, Degas, and DaVinci - is to use their art to create the backgrounds and settings for his characters. This book in particular is my favorite of the series because it is crowned with a fold out of Monet's vivid Waterlilies with a tiny boat floating across it carrying the story's members - Monet and a little girl who happens upon his garden. Before it is over, the little girl plucks one of the lilies from the famous painting as a memoir. My daughter loves this picture - and it is almost surreal to me to see Monet's art coming to life in such a manner. I can hardly wait until she visits the museum and sees the real painting. Watching her make this connection should be very exciting.

Aside from this stunning mixture of Monet's work and Anholt's own lush artwork - carefully drawn to compliment the featured art - the book gives some great educational information about Monet by weaving it into the story - all this without ever starting to sound like a textbook. The story retains its' focus and its' charm without becoming boring. That is an amazing accomplishment in my opinion.

I hope to purchase the entire set for a lovely and educational Christmas gift. These are sure to become beloved classics. Any children's book that learns to entertain both child and parent equally often does.

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Animals in the Garden
Mom of three boys
Perfect For Little Gardeners
Lovely!

Whose Garden Is It?
Mary Ann Hoberman
Manufacturer: Gulliver Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0152026312

Book Description

The gardener says the garden belongs to him. But the woodchuck insists that it's his. And so do the rabbit, the butterfly, the squash bug, and the bumblebee. Even the tiny seeds and whistling weeds think the garden just couldn't grow without them. As they stroll through the exquisite plants and flowers, Mrs. McGee and her child listen and wonder: Whose garden is it?
Children's book luminaries Mary Ann Hoberman and Jane Dyer reveal the secrets of a glorious garden in this beautiful and poetic rhyming read-aloud.

Customer Reviews:

Animals in the Garden.......2007-03-20

Whose Garden Is It? is written by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Jane Dyer. It's an enjoyable book for kindergarten and first grade. The story makes you feel that it's never going to end. And it's a really funny book.

There were some things that weren't as good such the end. The end left you one last question. That last question you'll have to read and find out. The book had some weird characters in it. And some were really grumpy.

I think the pictures were the best part because they are simple and really colorful. And some of them are a really funny like the last picture where all the people and the animals were together. And they are also big and beautiful. And some of the pictures were hilarious like the bunny in the ballet dress.

I think the author did a really great job on the book, and so did the illustrator. And here are some popular quotes from the book, "But whose garden is it," and "It's mine." And the rest you'll have to wait and see.

Those are my opinions and if you like them you should read the book. And you find the book at your public library. I'm sure you'll like it because I did. And I'm sure you will too. And if you want to know more about the book look it up

Mom of three boys.......2005-08-26

So creative - who does the garden belong to? who is the most important? Great story about everything that must be in place to create a garden.

Perfect For Little Gardeners.......2005-04-25

This is a charming book that introduces a young child to the joys of gardening. When I read it to my nearly 3-year-old grandson he likes to complete the end of each rhyme. The illustrations are so accurate that the first time I showed him hollyhocks in my garden and asked him what they were, he could tell me their name!

If you garden and have a young child in your life, this is a must read for both of you.

Lovely!.......2005-01-08

I could tell this would be a great book by the first page! The story is told in rhyme, which always makes it more fun to read to my 3 year old. I love the message of the book - that nature doesn't belong to anybody, and that every little creature has a purpose. It is one of the nicest children's books I've found.

Average customer rating:

Enchanting children's book!
A warm picturebook tale of animal friends
Great way to get kids interested in gardening
Charming yet factual

How Groundhog's Garden Grew

Manufacturer: Blue Sky Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0439323711

Book Description

Little Groundhog, in trouble for stealing from his friends' gardens, is taught by Squirrel to grow his very own. From seed-gathering to planting, harvesting, and eating home-grown fruits and vegetables, children join Little Groundhog in learning about the gardening process. At the end, Little Groundhog invites his animal friends to a Thanksgiving harvest feast. Beautiful illustrations and thorough research on plants and insects make this sweet story an engrossing read, as well as a great picture-book introduction to how plants grow. Children and schools can follow Groundhog's lessons.

Customer Reviews:

Enchanting children's book!.......2006-03-20

This book is utterly charming! I have to admit, I bought it for our toddler because I fell in love with the drawings and wanted to own a copy. The book tells the story of a little groundhog who learns all about growing his own food from his mentor, a squirrel. The story takes us through the whole year, and Ms. Cherry's illustrations of animals and plants are wonderful! We have a small vegetable garden every year, and I believe my son will know more of what goes on in the garden this year. The book will also appeal to an older child, as it gets into things like pollination, but my son loves this book!

A warm picturebook tale of animal friends.......2003-07-27

Lynne Cherry's How Groundhogs Garden Grew may require parental assistance but kids with some prior picturebook skills will relish this story of a little groundhog who loves to eat the vegetables in his neighbor's garden. The cycle of a gardening year is told within the structure of a warm picturebook tale of animal friends, and the drawings are especially engaging.

Great way to get kids interested in gardening.......2003-02-21

My three year old and I are planning a garden and this book has been an excellent companion to the process. Cherry does a great job of explaining how to create a garden through this story. In it Squirrel teaches Groundhog how to grow his own vegetables so he has things to eat. Cherry also includes a note to parents at the end that gives website information for more on gardening with children.

Charming yet factual.......2003-02-02

This is a wonderful book, bound to be a classic. Would appeal to any children, but especially those involved in starting a vegetable garden.

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