Here, children dash out the door to dig their hands in the soil when the recess bell rings. George Ancona’s compelling photo essay documents a year in the community garden at Acequia Madre Elementary School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s our garden: From seeds to harvest in a school garden. We hope you enjoy these book reviews from members of the International Reading Association's Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group (CL/R SIG).Īncona, George. But never forget…even the grandest of trees once had to grow up from the smallest of seeds.” It is our hope that teachers will find the following collection of books useful for helping grow their students’ small seeds of understanding about gardens and savory foods into grand trees of knowledge. When they are ready to find their roots in the world, she sends them off with this powerful message: “Take care, my little ones, for the world is big and you are small. In Eliza Wheeler’s charming picturebook featured below, Miss Maple spends her time caring for orphan seeds.
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