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.

Our Super Garden explores eating healthy by eating what we grow. With kid-friendly language and eye-catching art, it highlights the "special powers" fruits and vegetables give our bodies, like the "force field" created by vitamin C that helps keep us from getting sick, antioxidants that "karate chop" diseases, and fiber, which helps us poop. Children learn it's OK to try new foods and why fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. The book features 20 kid-tested garden recipes from youth garden programs across the country; a kid-friendly chart of nutrients found in fruits and vegetables to help us make good food choices, and more Research shows children who plant and harvest their own fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat them: Our Super Garden shows just how much fun this can be. A foreword by Former Florida Surgeon General Dr. Ana M. Viamonte Ros explores how Our Super Garden and gardening with children are part of the solution to the complex crises of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and food security facing our nation's children.