Garden Reads: "Growing Good Kids" Book Awards, 2011
July 26, 2011
With all the interest in school and community gardens these days, the list of "Growing Good Kids" book awards is a wonderful resource. The latest winners, announced last weekend, are as follows. (Don't miss the roster of classics, too.)
Water, Weed and Wait, written by Edith Hope Fine and Angela Demos Halpin; illustrated by Colleen Madden (Tricycle Press, 2010)
Nibbles: A Green Tale, by Charlotte Middleton (Marshall Cavendish, 2010)
In the Garden with Dr. Carver, written by Susan Grigsby and illustrated by Nicole Tadgell (Albert Whitman & Company, 2010)
A description from the American Horticultural Society:
The Junior Master Gardener Program and the American Horticultural Society honor engaging, inspiring works of plant, garden and ecology-themed children's literature through the new "Growing Good Kids—Excellence in Children's Literature Awards" Program.
This award recognizes a select group of children's books that are especially effective at promoting an understanding of and appreciation for gardening and the environment.
You'll find additional children's book titles about gardening today at A Year of Reading. That post inspired this one. Thanks, Franki and Mary Lee.
I love all learning about all these garden books. I miss the garden we left behind (so climb over the wall like Rapunzel's husband and go see what's growing over there, Susan!!!). I esp. want to check out IN THE GARDEN WITH DR. CARVER!
Posted by: Elaine Clayton | July 29, 2011 at 10:49 PM