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Expires Wednesday at 3:30pm Candace at the Arvin Branch Library will be reading Me, Toma & The Concrete Garden written by Andrew Larssen. |
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Books About Growing a Garden
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Planting a Rainbow by Lois EhlertAn array of collages follows the progress of a mother and daughter as they plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings and watch them grow into a rainbow of colorful flowers.
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The Gardener by Sarah StewartWhen she comes to the city to stay with her Uncle Jim, a curmudgeonly baker, Lydia Grace Finch brings along a suitcase full of seeds that she uses to create a wonderful, secret rooftop garden that she hopes will transform Uncle Jim's life.
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A Sembrar Sopa de Verduras / Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois EhlertAfter planting, watering, and tending to their plants all season long, a loving father and his child harvest the produce from their garden in order to prepare an extra-special pot of soup filled with tomatoes, potatoes, corn, and more.
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Isabella's Garden by Glenda MillardAn award-winning story that explores the growth and continual change in beloved gardens is set in a little girl's yard, where with love and care amazing seeds bloom and flourish throughout the seasons.
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How a Seed Grows by Helene J. JordanUses observations of bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate the growth of seeds into plants.
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Lola Planta un Jardín / Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinnAfter Lola reads a book of garden poems, she wants to plant some flowers. She gets books from the library and chooses her plants. Then Lola and her mommy buy the seeds, make the garden, and mark the rows. Now it's time to wait. . . .
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Books for Adults About Gardening
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Life in The Garden by Penelope LivelyPenelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards of her childhood home in Cairo to a family cottage in Somerset, to her own gardens in Oxford and London, Lively conducts an expert tour, taking us from Eden to Sissinghurst and into her own backyard, traversing the lives of writers like Virginia Woolf and Philip Larkin while imparting her own sly and spare wisdom.
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The Heirloom Life Gardenerby Jere GettleThe founder of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company offers a comprehensive guide to cultivating heirloom vegetables and provides a wealth of tips and techniques for planting, growing, harvesting and saving seeds, as well as instructions for canning and preserving.
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The Little Gardener : Helping Children Connect With The Natural World by Julie A. CernyThe Little Gardener is an engaging illustrated guide for family, caregivers, and educators who want to help children explore the natural world through gardening. Part how–to, part teaching tool, and part inspiration, it’s a thoughtful combination of detailed instructions, tips, anecdotes, and seasonal activities designed to connect gardeners to natural systems.
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The Heirloom Garden by Viola ShipmanMoving to Grand Haven with her traumatized veteran husband, Abby bonds with her reclusive next-door neighbor over a shared love of flowers that they cultivate together, discovering hope and healing along the way.
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