Mud is so much more than squelchy brown stuff. It's why our food grows, why our forests stand tall, why our water and air are less dirty and why billions of living things have somewhere to live. This engaging new title encourages young readers and their grown-ups to delight in mud, to value it in a new way and to help protect the planet's soil for the future.

Do you think you have the green-fingered touch? This book will inspire you to grow your own flowers, vegetables, herbs and other plants. Simple miniature gardens, displays and recipes will help you make loads of brilliant garden crafts and tasty snacks too. You don't need to spend a fortune on your own cool, custom-made stuff. Ingenious ways to use inexpensive materials - many of which you may already have lying around mean you can bake, sew, make and grow loads of brilliant things. Four lovely step-by-step books that encourage readers to use the materials and environment around them to encourage creativity. Can also be used to demonstrate ways to recycle and reuse everyday materials and encourage discussions around wasting food and other resources.

Children plant and harvest a school vegetable garden and in the process change their community. Easy-to-read text, pop-art images and hands-on activities highlight where food comes from, how to grow your own, and environmental stewardship. Our Generous Garden features a start-your-own-garden activity, recipes and more This book has received great reviews from former California First Lady Maria Shriver to Martha Stewart Living Radio to Mel Bartholomew, author of America's best-selling garden book, Square Foot Gardening Written from a child's perspective, the engaging book complements classroom curriculum and home-based learning. You'll love the way Our Generous Garden encourages healthy eating habits; helping others; responsibility, cooperation and respect; and having fun outdoors in the garden.

Howie goes head to head with his cantankerous neighbor Mrs. Hatcher who uses a tennis racquet to swing at the hummingbirds in her garden. A great admirer of hummers and fearful for their lives, Howie tries to figure out why Mrs. Hatcher behaves as she does and how to stop her. Does he? Howie's Hungabird Dilemma is the heart-warming story of his love of hummingbirds and his quest to stop Mrs. Hatcher from harming his favorite little bird. His little sister Carole Ann jumps into the fray as well. Literally This is the fifth of Sandy's children's gardening books with a plot. It's jam-packed with gardening and hummingbird facts, glossary, and a list of some favorite hummer flowers. Children, parents, and teachers alike will love the book with its beautiful illustrations by artist Casie Trace, her first children's picture book. Howie's Hungabird Dilemma is a 34-page, 8x10" full color book, softbound, and perfect for children 5-10 years old. $12. Sandy Baker's other books include Mrs. Feeny and the Grubby Garden Gang, Zack's Zany Zucchiniland, The Dead Butterflies Diary, Color My Garden and Colorea Mi Jardin (coloring books in English and Spanish), and now Howie. Look for her sixth book, Three Sisters Garden, in Fall 2014.

Eco is a little compost worm with a big job With some help from his friends, he creates healthy gardens naturally Now, that's good eating

This title includes gardening projects for kids shown step by step. It offers sixteen enjoyable, attractive and stimulating step-by-step projects cover all the basic growing skills - harvest your own juicy strawberries and salad vegetables, have a race to see whose sunflower grows the tallest, and pot up a delicious-smelling chocolate plant! It offers a comprehensive introduction that explains gardening terms, techniques, and all the tools and equipment. It includes over 200 photographs, including all the stages and beautiful finished pictures to inspire and delight. It includes large-scale and small-scale projects suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments, for all climates and all growing conditions. It is the perfect starter book for ages 3 to 7 years, for older readers to use with minimum supervision, and for younger children to enjoy with adult help. Plants, flowers, soil and gardening tools are endlessly fascinating to youngsters, and getting their hands dirty in the garden can be great fun! This exciting book contains 16 easy-to-follow projects suitable for every child. An informative introduction covers all the basics, including watering, weeding and materials, while helpful tips and ideas provide inspiration and encourage experimentation. Bursting with expert advice, clear instructions and fabulous fun ideas, this is an ideal guide for all children, from budding beginners to green-fingered growers.

See a sunflower grow from seed to seed. Mama Gloria Chinese-English Bilingual Books are a great introduction to high-interest topics for early readers. Each page has full-color photographs that go with the story and also highlights useful words. Text is shown in traditional Chinese characters, Mandarin pin yin, simplified Chinese characters, and English. In addition to a list of useful vocabulary, at the back of each book are links to bonus audio files in Cantonese, Mandarin and American English read by the author at a slow pace for easy-to-use reference. These audio files are designed for older readers, such as adults, to read alongside early readers as young as from birth. Use the following tips to maximize the use of each book and make them family favorites. For newborns (0-6 months old): Instead of reading the text on the whole page, just point to the object that is on the page or a certain word that describes the object on the page. For preverbal, babbling stage (6-12 months old): Continue to use the objects on the page. Try reading the whole sentence aloud and see how your child responds. For toddlers (12 months-36 months): The older your child gets, the more you can start bringing more attention to the actual words on the page. You will be surprised at how well your child fares with whole word recognition. For preschool and kindergarten: You can definitely start teaching spelling of the English words and how to even write some of the Chinese characters with their developing fine motor skills.

An accessible, informative first reference book that helps young children learn about trees, plants and funghi - what each of these things is, how to tell them apart, what each needs to survive and thrive, and their life cycles, including information about how they reproduce.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Join Bo and his cat Blu in the garden. Learn all about flowers, trees, the sun and more. Colorfully illustrated, this book is a great introduction to the wonders of the garden.

CONTENTS How TO BEGIN Y OURG ARDEN . . . . . WHAT PLANT E S A T . . . . . . . WHEN T O PLAN T T H INGS . . . . . . ARRANGIN F G L OWE BE R D S . . . . . . GARDEND EFENSES . . . . . . . . POPPIES . . . . . . . . . . . SWEET P EAS . . . . . . . . . . ROSES . . . . . . . . . . . HARDY P HLO A X N D OTIIER P LANTS . . . CORNFLOWERS . . . . . . . . . M RIGOLD . S . . . . . . . . . A NASTURTIU H M E DGE . . . . . . . NASTURTIUMS . . . . . . . . . MORNINGG LORIES . . . . . . . . PANS P Y L ANT . S . . . . . . . . PANS S Y E ED . . . . . . . . . . SNOWDRO A P N S D CROCUSE . S . . . . . TULIPSANDOTHEEBUL . BS . . . . . A SUNFLOWEHRE DGE . . . . . . . THEL ITTLEF LOWER-GARDENTEIRMSE - TABLE PAGE . . . 2 . . . 5 . . . 7 1 3 1 5 1 7 1 9 2 3 2 5 2 6 2 9 3 0 3 1 3 5 3 6 . . 3 7 4 0 4 3 . . 4 4 4 5 CONTENTS PAGE PARSLE B Y E . E TS. C ARROTTSU. RNIPS P . ARSNIP . S 57 RADISHE . S . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 LETTUCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 PEAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3 CORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 MUSEMELONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 GROWIN J G A C 0 K L ANTERNS . . . . . . . . 6 9 TOMATOES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 LITTLEM ARKET-GARDENETRISM E-TABLE . . . . 7 2 WHER T E O PLANT TH E WINDOWG ARDEN . NARCISSU IN S STONE A S N D WATER . . . WATERIN P G L ANT . S . . . . . . HYACINTHSINWAT . ER . . . . TOTRAINAGERANI . UM . . . . . . HOWTOGROGWER ANIUM . S . . . . POTTIN T G UL IPS. D AFFODILHS. Y ACINTHS How TO TAKEC ARE O F A BOSTON FE RN . MAKING P LANT FR S O M LEAVES . . . . EASTELRI LY . . . . . . . . . MAKING S HRUB-BRANCBHLEOSS SOM . . GARDE P N L ANT FO S R THE WINDOWB OX . SOMEEASGYA RDE B N E DS . . . . . ANOTHEGRA RDEBNE D . . . . . . PLAN OF LITTLEG ARDEN .. . . . GARDE P N L AYHOUS . ES . . . . . GARDEN F URNITU . R . E . . . . . GARDENBE NCHES . . . . . . . GARDENTA BLES . . . . . . . . SWINGINTGA BLE . . . . . . .

Jane Bull has a wealth of experience producing imaginative activity books which inspire young children to exercise their own creativity making fascinating original projects. Her latest publication: The Gardening Book is no exception, packed with gardening projects to do with or without a garden:

• Magic up a meadow in a bucket and create a lost world
• Find out how to grow a giant squash or a tiny pocket plot
• Join the Sunflower Circle and learn which came first, the flower or the seed?

This book is the ultimate gardening adventure for all budding gardeners