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.

Mrs. Feeny finds herself at odds with the neighborhood children as they continue to walk and ride bikes across her lawn, creating a dirt path. "Meany Mrs. Feeny," they taunt. Perimeter rocks, signs, fencing, yelling, and sprinklers don't help. Find out how she solves the problem. This is a kids' version of "lawn alternatives." Gardening tips and glossary included. 32-pages, full color kid gardening picture book with a plot. For 5-10 year olds. Great for gardening parents and grandparents to read together (and garden) with their kids. Perfect for school programs, too.

Want birds, bees, butterflies and bugs in your garden? Pajaros, abejos, mariposas y bichos. Colorea Mi Jardin, a 32-page habitat gardening coloring book in Spanish, presents pictures and puzzles to help kids 5-10 years old learn how to bring these friendly creatures into the garden. It's fun and instructive without being preachy. Colorea Mi Jardin invites kids and their parents or teachers to work on the coloring book together, reading the 2-3 sentences of text and then creatively coloring the line drawing pictures. What a perfect book for schools with gardens--one for each child in the classroom. The coloring book is 8" x 10" and can be used with crayons, colored pencils, and non-bleed-through markers. Learn what flowers to plant and how to make hummingbird (el colibri) nectar Kids can be creative as they wish, do the picture and word puzzles, finish a drawing, and then design a habitat garden of their own.