Category Archives: Gardening

Toot & Puddle: How Does Your Garden Grow? – Holly Hobbie

Posted on May 5, 2021 by kyurenka

  Toot & Puddle: How Does Your Garden Grow? – Holly Hobbie, Random House, 9780593124666, 2021 Format: Hardcover book Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4  Genre: Picture book  What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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My Nana’s Garden by Dawn Casey, illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle

Posted on April 21, 2021 by kyurenka

      My Nana’s Garden by Dawn Casey, illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle, Templar Books – An imprint of Candlewick Press, 9781536217117, 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Picture book What did you like … Continue reading →

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Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood – by Tony Hillery, illustrated by Jessie Hartland

Posted on December 7, 2020 by kyurenka

 Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood – by Tony Hillery, illustrated by Jessie Hartland, Simon & Schuster, 9781534402317, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin

Posted on November 15, 2020 by kyurenka

  Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn O. Galbraith, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin, Peachtree, 9781561457915, 2011 (paperback version, 2018) Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback What did you like about the book?  Most … Continue reading →

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You Can Change the World: The Kids’ Guide to a Better Planet – Lucy Bell

Posted on September 25, 2020 by kyurenka

You Can Change the World: The Kids’ Guide to a Better Planet – Lucy Bell, Andrews McMeel, (9781524860929), 2020  Format: Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ What did you like about the book? This … Continue reading →

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What Grew in Larry’s Garden by Laura Alary, illustrated by Kass Reich

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Stephanie Tournas

What Grew in Larry’s Garden by Laura Alary, illustrated by Kass Reich. Kids Can Press, 9781525301087, 2020 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Picture book What did you like about the book? Young Grace loves to … Continue reading →

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Feast of Peas – Kashmira Sheth, illustrations by Jeffrey Ebbeler

Posted on April 11, 2020 by kyurenka

 Feast of Peas – Kashmira Sheth, illustrations by Jeffrey Ebbeler, Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc., 9781682631355, 2020 Format: Hardcover (pdf) Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre: Picture book  What did you like about the book? … Continue reading →

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In a Garden by Tim McCanna, illustrated by Aimée Sicuro

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Stephanie Tournas

In a Garden by Tim McCanna, illustrated by Aimée Sicuro. Simon & Schuster, 2020. 9781534417977 Format:  Hardcover Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review)  5  Genre:  Realistic Fiction, Rhyming Picture Book  What did you like about the … Continue reading →

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Before We Eat by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian

Posted on March 29, 2020 by kyurenka

      Before We Eat by Pat Brisson, illustrated by Mary Azarian, Tilbury House, 9780884488330, c2018, 2020  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Board book What did you like about the book?  This circle story … Continue reading →

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Maker Comics: Grow a Garden! – written and illustrated by Alexis Frederick-Frost

Posted on March 23, 2020 by kyurenka

 Maker Comics: Grow a Garden! – written and illustrated by Alexis Frederick-Frost, First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press, 9781250152145, 2020 Format: Paperback Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 2.5 Genre: Fantasy (Nonfiction content) What did you like … Continue reading →

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