Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (0)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1452161364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 56 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this enchanting follow-up to Over and Under the Snow (Chronicle, 2011), Messner explores that underground realm. This yearlong adventure begins early in spring, with a young girl learning from her grandmother that the soil is still too cold and wet to begin planting. As the year goes by, they tend to the garden, weeding, watering, and keeping away pests, and later harvesting vegetables. From School Library Journal Gr 1–3—Beneath every garden lies a secret world down in the dirt. The pair make plans while earthworms and insects work in the dirt. Spreads detail the often unseen life all around the garden, such as a praying mantis that
He currently teaches illustration at Pratt Institute and lives in Brooklyn, New York. . She lives on Lake Champlain.Christopher Silas Neal is an award-winning illustrator. Kate Messner is a middle school teacher and the author of several books for young readers
But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant and lyrical book, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leavesand down in the dirt.. A companion to the new Over and Under the Pond and the beloved Over and Under the Snow, this sweet exploration of the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year "could not be more lovely," according to the Washington Post. Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit
Great book for our family library Beautiful illustrations and my daughters love the simplicity of the text. My beginner reader loved trying to read this.. The child loved the book and got an A on her report Book the book for a book report. The child loved the book and got an A on her report.. Mary-Lou S. Mayfield said Five Stars. Great for teaching children soil ecology!