friday feast: what’s in the garden? by marianne berkes and cris arbo
What could be better than a book brimming with delicious rhyming verse? A book of taste-tempting riddle poems with gorgeous art, yummy recipes, food for thought, and gardening tips, of course! In...
View Articletasting first peas to the table by susan grigsby and nicole tadgell
Peas, please! Surely they’re the most social of all vegetables — you rarely see or eat just one and they’re happiest out of their shells — canoodling in congenial groups, basking in their perfect...
View Articlepeeking into molly’s organic farm by carol l. malnor and trina l. hunner
Miao! Who’s that peeking through the cauliflower leaves? Meet Molly, a homeless orange tabby who wanders into a small community farm one Spring day and instantly captures everyone’s hearts. Based on a...
View Articlea colorful chat with cathryn falwell about rainbow stew
(click to enlarge) Mmmmm, somebody’s making something yummy! It’s a special stew made with a rainbow of freshly picked garden vegetables — red tomatoes, purple eggplant, green peas and beans, rosy...
View Articlefriday feast: anna’s garden songs by mary q. steele and lena anderson
Mr. Cornelius Cucumber While looking for more children’s books illustrated by Lena Anderson, I was happy to discover Anna’s Garden Songs – a whimsical, light-hearted collection of 14 fruit and veggie...
View Articlehappy 10th anniversary to the ugly vegetables!
THE UGLY VEGETABLES by Grace Lin (Charlesbridge, 2009), Picture book for ages 4-8, 32 pp. Mmmmmm!! What’s that tantalizing aroma? Could it be a delicious soup made with Chinese spinach and bitter...
View Articlechatting about the goodbye cancer garden with janna matthies and kristi...
Since October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I invited children’s author Janna Matthies and illustrator Kristi Valiant to tell us about their critically acclaimed picture book, The Goodbye...
View Articlefriday feast: Too Many Tomatoes by Eric Ode and Kent Culotta (+ a recipe!)
TOMATOES, TOMATOES, TOMATOES! Sing a song of plump, juicy, vine-ripened tomatoes! Is there anything better than freshly picked homegrown beauties with their promise of mouthwatering soups, salads,...
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