The garden that we grew [Paperback]

Joan Holub (Author), Hiroe Nakata (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2002

It's fun to plant a garden! First the children plant seeds, then they water them. Soon the leaves and flowers start to grow, and before long, tiny pumpkins appear. After a few months they are ready to be picked. Then the children scoop out the pumpkins' insides and make pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, and jack-o-lanterns. The charmingly illustrated, simple, rhyming text is perfect for beginning readers-who may just feel inspired to plant pumpkin patches of their own!

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2-In this appealing addition to the series, children are making a garden. The whole process, from preparing the soil to creating things from their harvested pumpkins, is cheerfully and simply reported in verse, two or four lines on each double-page spread. The illustrations of the smiling, busy youngsters show that they're into the project with both their spirits and their bodies: into the dirt "all warm and brown," the water, the weeds, and finally the pumpkins-"Inside the pumpkins/is wet, orange goop./This is the way/we scoop, scoop, scoop, scoop!" with both spoons and hands. Beginning readers should enjoy the short, simple text, the enthusiasm of the children, and the fun they're having.

Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME

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From Booklist

Gr. K-2. This rhyming story in the Viking Easy to Read series has clear, colorful illustrations that show children growing a garden, starting with seeds that they push way down into the warm, brown dirt. They water and weed, watch the plants flower and the pumpkins grow, and finally harvest the crop, bake cookies and pies, make Halloween masks, and save the seeds to grow next year. Holub's words are nearly all one syllable, and beginning readers will be drawn by the hands-on excitement as children make important things happen. There's also a lot to talk about with adults about how plants grow through the seasons. Hazel Rochman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic (2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439291259
• ISBN-13: 978-0439291255
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Author of 130+ books including 12 in the GODDESS GIRLS series: Athena the Brain, Persephone the Phony, Aphrodite the Beauty, Artemis the Brave, Athena the Wise, Aphrodite the Diva, Artemis the Loyal, Medusa the Mean, The Girl Games (Super Special) for ages 8-12 co-written with Suzanne Williams. OTHER POPULAR TITLES: Groundhog Weather School; Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers and Swirly Stars; The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School; Wagons Ho! (co-written with G. Hallowell); Who Was Babe Ruth?; Zero the Hero (picture book illus by Tom Lichtenheld, Henry Holt/Macmillan). COMING IN 2012: Ballet Stars (Random House).

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Garden's Review, December 10, 2003

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This review is from: The Garden that We Grew (Action Packs) (Hardcover)

This book is a good book no matter who you are. This is a great book especially for children because you can tell what is going on just from the pictures, and this helps them understand unknown words better. It also helps the child understand that through work come rewards. This is a great book that you and your child will just want to read over and over again, and the illustrations are very fitting.