1. HEAD TO THE GARDEN AND GROW, WITH YOUR KIDS
It is springtime and it is time to think about getting your kids outside. One of our favorite kid activities each year is to garden together. Some years we grow sunflower playhouses, some years we plant a salad garden, and some years it is just flowers and berries. But no matter what, getting out with your kids into the dirt can be so wonderful.
This delightful picture book tells the story of one family who begins their gardening adventure with a small, wilted fern, and end up with a big, beautiful garden in their yard. Everyone helps, from little to big, as they plan and purchase and plant.
The illustrations are so sweet and gentle that every single member of your family, no matter how old, will love to watch as you read this picture book aloud. And when the book is done? Well, then your kids will know how to plan the garden plots and watch for earthworm ‘secret agents’. Together you can get out into your yard and grow!
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In We Are the Gardeners, Joanna 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 the knowledge they’ve gained along the way, the Gaines family shares how they learned to grow a happy, successful garden. As it turns out, trying something new isn’t always easy, but the hardest work often yields the greatest reward. There are always new lessons to be learned in the garden!
You and your children can 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 blossomed into what is now a beautiful, bustling garden.
Julianna Swaney’s illustrations bring the Gaines family garden to life with colorful, whimsical watercolors and invite you to enjoy the beauty of a thriving garden.
ABOUT We Are the Gardeners
Author: Joanna Gaines
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400314225
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
IGNITE YOUR CHILD’S IMAGINATION AS YOU LEARN ABOUT MATH!
Now, this is an amazing picture book! It really caught me by surprise with all the detail and information packed between the covers that is sure to attract your elementary aged children. Yet it is a delightful picture book to read aloud to young children.
Ever heard of ADA? Well I did a lot in college, but never once did anyone tell me that it is actually named after Ms. Lovelace! She was a brainy female pioneer who made the computer possible.
Interested in how this homeschooled girl do it? Well, to find out you really have to buy the book. You will be really glad you did!
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER
She invents crazy contraptions, solves big sums, and reads all the books in the library.
Although she may look like an ordinary little girl, Ada Lovelace is about to change the world.
Zoë Tucker and Rachel Katstaller tell the amazing true story of a little girl who didn’t go to school, but grew up to create the world’s first computer program.
ABOUT Ada Lovelace and the Number-Crunching Machine
Author: Zoë Tucker & Rachel Katstaller
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780735843172
Publisher:North South Books Inc.
GENTLY INTRODUCE WAYS TO JUST BE YOURSELF
Seraphin is the story of a young man who does not know what he wants to be when he grows up.
Unlike many similar stories, Seraphin still has no idea when he finally becomes an adult and so he chooses a profession that will allow him to express creativity – a ticket taker at a train station.
Now you might think this is strange, but Seraphin has a plan. Just as disaster strikes, he inherits an old house that he and his young friend rebuild to fully express himself.
This is a picture book that will help you explain to your child that being yourself is the best thing you can do and being creative will always, always find a path towards helping you achieve something great.
DESCRIPTION FROM THE PUBLISHER
From Hans Christian Andersen award-winning author Philippe Fix, a dazzling portrait of a dreamy optimist filling Paris with ingenious gadgets, toys, and magical contraptions.
Seraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsongs, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides! Philippe Fix’s illustrations, cinematic in their scope, have enchanted children since their 1967 début. In a fresh translation, Seraphinnow allows a new generation to experience the wonder and inventive spectacle of the original.
ABOUT Seraphin
Author: Philippe Fix
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781939810250
Publisher:Archipelago
