A Baby's Garden : Introducing Your Baby to the Joys of the Garden [Hardcover]

Elizabeth St. Cloud Muse (Author), Eva Saull (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 8, 2001

A Baby's Garden is the perfect companion for mothers who want to share the joys of their gardens with their infant. Through joint explorations of nature, mothers can stimulate their children's senses and help them explore the sights, sounds, textures, and scents of their own backyard. The memory of these adventures can be preserved in the 11 chapter interactive garden journal, which includes sections where mothers can record muddy handprints after an afternoon playing in the dirt, save leaves as mementos in an attached envelope, and record birds seen in the garden.

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About the Author

Elizabeth St. Cloud Muse has been an avid gardener since she first helped her father tend the family vegetable garden as a child. Following the birth of her son, she naturally took him into the garden to explore the wonders of nature. She currently resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition (May 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316608734
• ISBN-13: 978-0316608732
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,704,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Busy Mommy of 2 boys who love the garden, May 21, 2001

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Anne Allen (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Baby's Garden : Introducing Your Baby to the Joys of the Garden (Hardcover)

What a great idea! My boys love to be in the garden with me, talking about the things that we discover there. I will always cherish the time we spend in the garden, and what better way to remember it. The illustrations are adorable. :)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Baby's garden, June 7, 2001

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myshelf.com reviewer Sue Johnson (Marion, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Baby's Garden : Introducing Your Baby to the Joys of the Garden (Hardcover)

A Baby's Garden "Introducing Your Baby to the Joy of the Garden" Elizabeth St. Cloud Muse Illustrated by: Eva Saull Published by: Little, Brown and Company 2001 ISBN: 0-316-60873-4 Nonfiction

"A Baby's Garden" is a lovely way for gardening parent's to introduce their love of horticulture and nature with their most precious new addition. The opening page has a frame to put the little one's picture in. Each section has a list of suggested activities followed by pages to record your adventures in. The cutest thing is a place to put babies muddy handprints during different stages of their growth. Babies love the chance to get dirty without Mom or Dad panicking. There are a couple of pages in the back with wax paper type envelopes attached where you can press the child's first flowers, leaves, etc. As a gardener I believe this would be a wonderful way to explore the garden with your infant and allow both parent and child to experience the joys of the garden and continue learning

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, October 17, 2007

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wwoods "earth lover" (Norristown, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Baby's Garden : Introducing Your Baby to the Joys of the Garden (Hardcover)

Besides being overly obvious in the suggestions, some or many of the activities will only be appropriate for a particular age & season. If your baby is not the right age in that season, then you won't be able to complete the activities. The artwork is nice, and it does provide some sections to fill out with your memories of the activities. I'm glad I only paid about $1 for this book. I'll probably freecycle it.