In My Grandmother's Garden [Hardcover]

Kit Eakle (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

In My Grandmother's Garden is a unique children's Picture Book. Using song, it tells the story of a young girl and her grandmother, and how they paint pictures together in the grandmother's garden. The joy of that experience helps them overcome the illness and death of the girl's grandfather.

The written music, a lovely yet simple melody, is included in the main text of the book. A Cd of the song is included - recorded by noted folk singer, Laurie Lewis.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kit Eakle is a noted music educator. He has taught elementary school music for 20 years, has developed fine arts curriculum for Canadian and U. S. schools, and has been program Manager for the online Arts website at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

He has long dreamed of publishing books that engage children in the joy of reading music as well as reading words. In My Grandmother's Garden is the first in his promised series of MUSICTALES to be published by MusicKit.com

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 34 pages
• Publisher: Musickit.Com (August 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971319405
• ISBN-13: 978-0971319400
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,123,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book and music!!!!, December 8, 2001

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Linda M. Tuttle (Berkeley, Ca. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In My Grandmother's Garden (Hardcover)

For the 3,4, and 5 year olds in my preschool classroom, this book especially with the song was spellbinding. The children said "read it again" immediately. The illustrations are incredibly beautiful. All the elements of a winning book are here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting teaching concept, December 6, 2001

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Ellen Troyer (Sausalito, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In My Grandmother's Garden (Hardcover)

Kudos to Mr. Eakle. He has successfully combined an easy to read beautifully illustrated story with printed music on every page. Grandmother's Garden is currently the preferred bedtime book and song of my seven grandchildren. Thanks to this book - they are all very excited about learning to read musical notes, as well.

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating Children's story, December 12, 2009

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Peggy Geary "Script Supervisor" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In My Grandmother's Garden (Hardcover)

I gave this book to my 8 year old niece who was captivated by the story and chose it for her first book report. She confided in me that she wanted to be "just like Aubyn."