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Teach children that the greatest rewards come from patience, hard work, and learning from mistakes!
In the #1 New York Times bestseller We Are the Gardeners, Joanna Gaines and the kids chronicle the adventures of starting their own family garden. From their failed endeavors, obstacles to overcome (bunnies that eat everything), and all of the knowledge they gain along the way, the Gaines family shares how they learned to grow a happy, successful garden.
We Are the Gardeners is a whimsical picture book perfect for:
- Ages 4-8
- Parents, libraries, classroom story times, and discussions focusing on springtime and gardening
- Households that enjoy watching HGTV's Fixer Upper
- Young children and families interested in gardening and plants
After reading, children will learn:
- Trying something new isn't always easy, but the hardest work often yields the greatest reward
- The basic steps and process of starting a garden
- The importance of patience and how it is possible to learn from your mistakes
You and your children will learn all about the Gaines family's story of becoming gardeners in Joanna's first children's book--starting with the first little fern Chip bought for Jo. Over the years, the family's love for gardening has blossomed into what is now a beautiful, bustling garden.
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 2
- Dimensions9.3 x 0.4 x 11.2 inches
- PublisherThomas Nelson
- Publication dateMarch 26, 2019
- ISBN-101400314224
- ISBN-13978-1400314225
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Joanna Gaines is the co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia, a New York Times bestselling author, Editor in Chief of Magnolia Journal, and co-creator of Magnolia Network.
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The trials, tribulations, and joys of gardening are brought to light in this entertaining tale of one family's introduction to caring for indoor plants and using that know-how in a garden, from Joanna Gaines of HGTV's Fixer Upper fame. Beginning with a fern that dies after being over-loved and over-watered, four children and their parents study up on what plants require: light, water, and a bit of conversation. Once they feel ready, the family works together to design a fruit, vegetable, and flower garden. As the plot takes shape, the family gains knowledge about seeds, garden critters--both good (worms and ladybugs) and bad (aphids)--and pollinators, including hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Though the family has some trouble with animals eating their produce, they remember that 'every failure or setback teaches us something.' Delicately detailed and engaging illustrations deftly follow the garden's progress. Packed with useful information in an easy-to-understand format, this will help children, and their adults, who wish to venture into the world of growing some of their own food and flowers. -- Booklist
About the Author
Joanna Gaines is the co-founder of Magnolia, a New York Times bestselling author, editor-in-chief of Magnolia Journal, and creator and co-owner of Magnolia Network.
Born in Kansas and raised in the Lone Star State, Jo graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Communications. It was an internship in New York City that prompted her desire to discover how she could create beauty for people. In a big city unknown to her, Jo always felt most at home whenever she stepped inside the cozy and thoughtfully curated boutique shops, which inspired her to open a shop of her own in Waco, Texas.
Alongside her passion for design and food, nothing inspires Jo more than time spent at home with Chip and their five kids--whether they're messing with recipes in the kitchen or planting something new in the garden.
Julianna Swaney’s work is inspired by whimsical details of daily life and the fairy tales she loved reading as a child. She grew up homeschooled, which allowed free range for her imagination and interests in folklore, nature, and history. She graduated from the Maine College of Art and now lives in Portland, Oregon. Her illustrations are created using watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil. She is the illustrator of We Are the Gardeners, also by Joanna Gaines. www.juliannaswaney.com
Product details
- Publisher : Thomas Nelson (March 26, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1400314224
- ISBN-13 : 978-1400314225
- Reading age : 3 - 7 years, from customers
- Grade level : 1 - 2
- Item Weight : 15.3 ounces
- Dimensions : 9.3 x 0.4 x 11.2 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the authors
Joanna Gaines is the co-owner and co-founder of Magnolia, a New York Times bestselling author, Editor in Chief of Magnolia Journal, and co-creator of Magnolia Network.
Born in Kansas and raised in the Lone Star State, Jo graduated from Baylor University with a degree in Communications. It was an internship in New York City that prompted her desire to discover how she could create beauty for people in their homes. In a big city unknown to her, Jo always felt most at home whenever she stepped inside the cozy and thoughtfully curated boutique shops, which inspired her to open a shop of her own in Waco, Texas.
Alongside her passion for design and food, nothing inspires Jo more than time spent at home with Chip and their five kids.
Julianna Swaney is an illustrator whose work is inspired by themes of imagination and whimsy. She grew up homeschooled, which allowed free range for her imagination and interests in folklore, animals, nature, and history. She lives Portland, Oregon.
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My point is, we LOVE a great book of any level. But this is not one. While the simple and quaint water-color illustrations are charming and colorful, there is not really anything else to say about it. There is nothing overtly wrong with it, but I don't feel it deserves anything like the accolades it receives here, which were what prompted me to purchase it, and be subsequently disappointed. It reads like a cute little home-school English project to be shared with the grandparents and the co-op, but not a standard on which to spend the money and trees. I might check it out of the library when teaching a write-your-own-book unit to my students to show kids how simple an idea can be -"See? These kids just used their experience planting their garden as a story. I bet you have done lots of things this year that could become a story!" But then I wouldn't expect their books to be published, because there is just far more to a good children's book than a hint at basic narrative and simple pictures. Elegance in simplicity and substance in the telling are currencies not lost on children, even if they cannot articulate what they appreciate or reproduce it. But at the very least, in a book like this one, a cleaner rendering of the rather clumsily-presented "Don't give up" theme might have honed the crude-and-hard-to-grasp point of printing this 'story'.
I would add, because some reviews suggest that this book is an educational tool, it is NOTHING of the sort (unless you want to highlight the illustrations for artistic discussion). I didn't think I was buying a step-by-step science book, but I was hopeful, based on the reviews, that it would contain some helpful information tucked in here and there. (I didn't buy it for that, but it would have been easy to make the book far more educational than it was). Other than some simple inclusions like, insects pollinated their plants or ladybugs ate aphids (-k-1st grade knowledge much more creatively taught in books like Eric Carle's board books), there was nothing else to be gained, and that sort of info didn't really jive with age of the audience. (It's a picture book, but extensively worded for such. It's very hard to say to what age this book would appeal. I have them spread from preschool to college and it doesn't seem to fit anywhere. I would gauge the age to be 2nd-4th grade-ish, not so much for the writing, but for the concept. Too many words and unrelatable for the preschool set, too simplistic and cheesy for anyone much older (I love wholesome, but
wholesome and cheesy aren't the same thing).
This was one of several gardening-themed books I bought for Christmas this year, (both literary: R.L. Stevenson's "A Child's Garden of Verses", "Seeds and Trees", "Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt", and some how-to books) to go with supplies for a fairy terrarium project. "We are the Gardeners" was my least favorite. As far as children's books, the best of the lot (besides R.L. Stevenson's classic poems, of course) was "Up in the Garden and down in the Dirt", which my husband felt had an elegance of expression and movement with which children's authors seldom bother, and I agree. It is a charming walk through a year in Grandma's garden.
There is a lot of garbage being published out there and This book isn't that, by any means. It's just a little too homespun and childish (not to be confused with child-like, which is a great asset to a children's book) and uninteresting in both word and story (and my family loves gardening), to be worth the shelf space in my opinion.
Reviewer: Janice S. Garey
***** 5 Stars
This beautifully illustrated and delightfully told story of a family going through the ups and downs of learning to garden will inspire people of all ages to engage with plants. The family starts small scale with a potted fern from which they learn through failure to keep going on toward success by never giving up. Many life lessons are embedded in the story as the family pursues a beautiful and fruitful garden.
Most people are familiar with the Gaines family from their Fixer Upper show. This book will be successful based on that platform alone, but the book has so much more to offer than just pure celebrity appeal. With my background as a homeschool and church preschool teacher, I can envision using this book as a starting point for many learning projects that expand upon the book contents, in both the physical and spiritual realms. Life lessons abound within the story put to words. The illustrations help with teaching preschoolers the names of veggies and flowers, colors, quantities, and a variety of ways the young can help in the garden.
Children who are readers can enjoy the book at their learning level as they plan and anticipate good results from their efforts through multiple step processes. They will be thrilled with their own successfully planned and nurtured garden.
I think the book could even be used in a nursing home/assisted living setting where there is a community garden in which family members help loved ones participate in growing flowers.
I received a free ebook copy through NetGalley in exchange for reading and posting a review of the book. I am under no obligation to give a good review. I have since purchased a hard copy of this beautiful book for a friend. I think people at all levels and stages will benefit from this book's informative content and life lessons.
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