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"There's a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts, young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin, joina Wild West-style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones, interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water, and learn the fancy names of plants to spice up dinner conversation. They'll be spurred to grab their own gardening tools, drop in some seeds, encounter a few insects, gather fresh vegetables, and find a whole lot of magic. Allan Wolf's playful poems and Daniel Duncan's whimsically detailed, welcoming illustrations combine in a charming celebration of the many wonders and lessons to be learned from a school garden. For further inspiration, engaging notes on the poems and an author's note on jotting down observations can be found in the back matter"--
About the author
Allan Wolf is the author of many award-winning books for children and teens, including
No Buddy Like a Book,
The Day the Universe Exploded My Head,
The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts, and
The Blanket Where Violet Sits. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia.
Daniel Duncan is the author-illustrator of the picture book
South and the illustrator of
The Purple Puffy Coat by Maribeth Boelts and
Mr. Posey’s New Glasses by Ted Kooser. Daniel Duncan lives outside London.
