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956435: Grandma&quot;s Bag of Tricks: Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars

Grandma's Bag of Tricks: Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars
By Sharon Lovejoy / Workman Publishing

Illustrated with Sharon Lovejoy's classic little detailed drawings, as well as photographs of actual plants and projects, this collection on activities will yield bountiful rewards for the young children in your life. Recipes, garden-ideas, crafts, imaginative play, nature observation, and other activities will captivate your grandchildren's attention, and provide the context for many memories. 205 pages, indexed, softcover.

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126325: Trowel & Error: Over 700 Shortcuts, Tips & Remedies for the Gardener

Trowel & Error: Over 700 Shortcuts, Tips & Remedies for the Gardener
By Workman Publishing

This small book is packed with not only indispensable tips for any gardener, but also Sharon Lovejoy's charming illustrations. Learn clever uses for ordinary household items; homemade potions; repellents and preventatives, lures for good allies, seed & seedling shortcuts, compost/mulch/soil; weeding; outdoor dicor; and houseplants, all conveyed in a gentle tone that will make you long to get out in your garden right away! 205 pages, indexed.

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123865: Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden

Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden
By Workman Publishing

Celebrating the lore of the garden and the joy of interacting with nature, "Sunflower Houses" is a unique garden lover's miscellany, a collection of memories, poems, activities, garden plans, crafts, stories, games, and planting projects. Paperback, 144. Reading level: ages 9-12. Workman.

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355104: GeoSafari Sprout & Grow Greenhouse

GeoSafari Sprout & Grow Greenhouse
By Educational Insights Inc.

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110569: Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots Paperback

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots Paperback
By Sharon Lovejoy / Workman Publishing

Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots is one of those gorgeously constructed books that you can't help but look through again and again. Printed on faux hand-pressed paper, the creamy brown pages provide the perfect background for the detailed illustrations scattered throughout. With an introduction on the top 20 plants for kids, the remainder of the book contains instructions for 12 imagination-infused theme gardens. A pizza patch. A moon-garden. Each garden features an "ingredients list" of flowers, a floor-plan, notes on planting and care, and ideas for gentle garden activities, all with the author's own watercolors illustrating each step. Finally, a section on gardening basics provides an overview of starting your very own garden. One can feel the author's love of the earth through each pages, and cannot help but be inspired by the creative themes. You'll want to run out and plant your own! 159 pages with resource list. Plastic-coated softcover.

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796732: Sow and Grow: A Gardening Book for Children

Sow and Grow: A Gardening Book for Children
By Tina Davis / Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Are your children captivated by growing things? Davis's practical guide features an easy-to-read calendar of indoor gardening and related activities - linked to seasonal celebrations and changes - created to acquaint students with the basics of plant biology. Combining vintage illustrations with a year's worth of playtime ideas, it's an enchanting volume that encourages their sense of wonder at the natural world. Ages 9 to 12. Spiralbound.

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110341: The Christian Kids&quot; Gardening Guide: Cool Stuff for You to Make and Grow

The Christian Kids' Gardening Guide: Cool Stuff for You to Make and Grow
By Rebecca Park Totilo / Legacy Press

Help your kids grow a green thumb! Blending Bible truths with gardening know-how, this fun and informative how-to helps plant the seeds for a lifelong love of God's creation. From tips on creating compost to the plantable flower-seed bookmark, a patch of potted perennials to a backyard garden of eatin', it offers everything your children need to get growing. Ages 8 and up. 167 pages, spiralbound softcover from Legacy.

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Gardens Unit Study on CD-ROM
By Aabennett Books Inc

Get started with or without the planting season; this complete unit study on gardens and gardening is ready to being right out of the case. Discover the history of gardens, plant science, planning and planting a garden, the arts and gardens and more. Whether you're growing seeds on a windowsill or planting outdoors, gardening offers many opportunities to work together as a family and build your place of beauty. This new CD-ROM study has lessons interspersed with "clickable" links; you'll view Monet's gardens, dissect a seed and more with this interactive format. Four week unit study with daily lessons.

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