Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

Posted on 18 June 2018 by Kate Messner

In this exuberant and lyrical follow up to the award winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves and down in the dirt Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year Up in the garden, the world is full of green leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit But down in the dirt exists a busy world earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow populated by all the animals that make a garden their home. New Download Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt [ by ] Kate Messner [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Up in the garden, I stand and plan my hands full of seeds and my head full of dreams.I have a lot to say about this book.It is about a girl 7 or 8 who gardens with her grandma.This is the loose sequel to Over and Under the Snow This is muchgross and creepy crawly because it focuses mainly on insects and spiders unlike Over and Under the Snow which had lots of cuddly and cute mammals.The words are wonderful and I think the beautiful story explains gardening in a poetic way Up Up in the garden, I stand and plan my hands full of seeds and my head full of dreams.I have a lot to say about this book.It is about a girl 7 or 8 who gardens with her grandma.This is the loose sequel to Over and Under the Snow This is muchgross and creepy crawly because it focuses mainly on insects and spiders unlike Over and Under the Snow which had lots of cuddly and cute mammals.The words are wonderful and I think the beautiful story explains gardening in a poetic way...A educational way to learn about gardening, plants, the bugs in the yard, and birdsIf you don t already have Over and Under the Snow what are you waiting for And now as you are ordering that, there will likely be a suggestion to order Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt as well Do it These two books are great additions to the 1st 4th grade classrooms, rich with details about the animals insects mentioned In this book a young girl is eager to start her garden, but learns that there is much that goes on underneath the ground for the soil to be prepared for growing In th If you don t already have Over and Under the Snow what are you waiting for And now as you are ordering that, there will likely be a suggestion to order Up in the Garden an...Lovely mixed media illustrations highlight the pleasures of gardening, revealing the passage of time and all the activities that are occurring beneath the surface of the soil From checking the soil for its readiness for planting to planting seeds and plants to harvesting them and then on to the winter again, readers will surely enjoy observing as a whole new garden sleeps down in the dirt unpaged Anticipating each phase in the growing season adds to the delights of examining this book as d Lovely mixed media illustrations highlight the pleasures of gardening, revealing the passage of time and all the activities that are occurring beneath the surface of the soil From checking the soil for its readiness for planting to planting seeds and plants to harvesting them and then on to the winter again, readers will surely enjoy observing as a whole new garden sleeps down in the dirt unpaged Anticipating each phase in the growing season adds to the del...A delightful paring of descriptions of gardening by humans and insects etc who work below the dirt with their own preparations while the humans work above and even play with hoses The illustrations are rich in color and content, lots of browns and greens, close ups of plants, animals and humans Very engaging Back matter gives details about all of the bugs, etc that are described and the final end pages illustrate flowers while the opening ones illustrate vegetables Lots included here in a A delightful paring of descriptions of gardening by humans and insects etc who work below the dirt with their own preparations while the humans work above and even play with hoses The illustrations are rich in color and content, lots of browns and greens, close ups of plants, animals and humans Very engaging Back matter gives details about all of the bugs, etc that are described and the final end pages illustrate flowers w...Even I learned some things of who lives down in the dirt This is a wonderful story of gardening, seasons and all who live there.Yo Caldecott dopes THIS is the sort of book that should be getting the Medal.It s not trendy it s a fabulous, non fiction picture book with enough story to make it readable.And ART Have you folks noted that your award is for ART Incredible, detailed art by an award winning illustrator who knows his stuff.P.S The further reading books in the back You and yours should take a look at those too They re also books by people your committee never seems to notice.But then, in the immortal words Yo Caldecott dopes THIS is the sort of book that should be getting the Meda...A gardening story told from two perspectives below the ground and above the ground.Back matter includes an author s note, further reading list, and brief paragraphs of information about all of the creatures that appeared in the book.The mixed media illustrations give readers plenty to discover and do a great job of inspiring interest in outdoor exploration, digging in the dirt etc.Highly recommended for use with PreK 2, especially in daycare and preschool classrooms and as a book to supplement A gardening story told from two perspectives below the ground and above the ground.Back...Although I m generally not a big fan of the dark, muted color schemes and 70 s style illustrations that seem to be trending right now, this was a very clever treatment of the typical gardening theme There was a nice, lyrical flow to the language and a ton of great information to be found in ...The perfect book for looking at a garden from spring until the fall harvest The alternating pages above light and below ground dark background give readers a look at both sides of the dirt the work people do to plant and th...

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18 June 2018

Kate Messner