It's Our Garden
From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden
Written by George Ancona
Illustrated by George Ancona
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2013
Price: $16.99
Want to grow what you eat and eat what you grow? Visit this lively, flourishing school-andcommunity garden and be inspired to cultivate your own.At an elementary school in Santa Fe, the bell rings for recess and kids fly out the door to check what’s happening in their garden. As the seasons...
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Cherry Blossoms Say Spring
Written by Jill Esbaum
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $5.95
In the style of the Picture the Seasons books,
Cherry Blossoms Say Spring looks at the life cycle of a cherry tree, the history behind the gift of the Japanese cherry trees to our nation's capital, and the association of cherry trees and spring. Vibrant scenes from the Cherry Blossom Festival...
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Honey Bees
Letters from the Hive
Written by Stephen Buchmann
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $8.99
In Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. It's fascinating--and delicious!
Hailed for their hard work and harmonious...
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The Life of Rice
From Seedling to Supper
Written by Richard Sobol
Photographed by Richard Sobol
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Price: $17.99
Follow a photographer to Thailand as he documents the life of rice—from planting ceremony to eating—in a compelling narrative with vivid color images.Rice is one of the most abundant and widely grown crops in the world today. In Thailand, rice is grown everywhere—and it is almost always a part of every...
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Honey Bees
Letters from the Hive
Written by Stephen Buchmann
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $16.99
In Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. It's fascinating--and delicious!
Hailed for their hard work and harmonious...
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Honey Bees
Letters from the Hive
Written by Stephen Buchmann
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $8.99
In Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. It's fascinating--and delicious!
Hailed for their hard work and harmonious...
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Honey Bees
Letters from the Hive
Written by Stephen Buchmann
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 224 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Price: $19.99
In Honey Bees: Letters From the Hive, bee expert Stephen Buchmann takes readers on an incredible tour. Enter a beehive--one part nursery, one part honey factory, one part queen bee sanctum--then fly through backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts where wildflowers bloom. It's fascinating--and delicious!
Hailed for their hard work and harmonious...
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Hungry Plants
Written by Mary Batten
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 14, 2010
Price: $3.99
This book offers readers a bug’s-eye view into the strange and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. From the “jaws” of the Venus flytrap to the pretty sundew plant whose delicate tentacles entrap its prey, the unique anatomy and behaviors of meat-eating plants are detailed with clear, engaging text and art.
From the...
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Aunt Mary's Rose
Written by Douglas Wood
Illustrated by LeUyen Pham
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $16.99
A best-selling author and illustrator team up to cultivate a heartwarming, true story of a family linked through time by the tending of a beloved rosebush.Aunt Mary has a very special rosebush in her garden. She says a little bit of Douglas can be found inside it. And she tells him...
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One Red Apple
Written by Harriet Ziefert
Illustrated by Karla Gudeon
Format: Hardcover, 36 pages
On Sale: July 29, 2009
Price: $16.99
Chronicles the life cycle of an apple: from fruit growing on the tree, to market, to picnic, to seed, to sapling and tree, and finally to a new apple. This joyful book introduces readers to the amazing and delectable way the earth provides food.
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Apples for Everyone
Written by Jill Esbaum
Format: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $5.95
Apples for Everyone is a new picture book in the
Picture the Seasons series that the whole family can enjoy. This attractive and educational companion to the best-selling titles
A Tree for All Seasons and
Pilgrims of Plymouth features stunning National Geographic photography and a stimulating, accessible text.
Apples! The very word...
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Big Yellow Sunflower
Written by Frances Barry
Illustrated by Frances Barry
Format: Hardcover, 22 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $7.99
Explore the wonders of things that grow! These Fold Out and Find Out books have pages that open and transform before your eyes.A seed is falling to the ground. What will it be? Turn the shaped pages as a mole, a worm, a snail, a bird, a bee, and other creatures...
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Hungry Plants
Written by Mary Batten
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2004
Price: $3.99
This book offers readers a bug’s-eye view into the strange and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. From the “jaws” of the Venus flytrap to the pretty sundew plant whose delicate tentacles entrap its prey, the unique anatomy and behaviors of meat-eating plants are detailed with clear, engaging text and art.
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Also available as an
eBook.
One Small Garden
Written by Barbara Nichol
Illustrated by Barry Moser
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $9.95
In
One Small Garden, Barbara Nichol brings together stories, memories, and botany to create a book that is as unique and lush as a summer garden. Here, plants from all over the world live and eventually die. Ants, raccoons, and a stray cat cross paths with a lost cockatoo who originated...
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