Show Me The Green!

by D. S. Venetta

Overview

What's more fun in the garden than a pile of poop and a curious bee? How about bragging rights, two tickets to the fall festival, and a hundred dollars?
It's the First Annual Garden Contest sponsored by the local farmer's market, and Lexi and Jason Williams are determined to win. In this battle against time and Mother Nature, the kids are sidetracked by everything from caterpillars to worms, seeds to harvest. Who knew there were so many exciting things in a garden? Including poop. Worm poop, mostly. It's one of plant's favorite foods!

Ages 7 - 10
Grades 2 - 4
Lexile: 580L

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151177672
Publisher:	BloominThyme Press
Publication date:	08/15/2015
Series:	Wild Tales and Garden Thrills , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	234
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

D.S. Venetta lives in Central Florida with her husband and two children and part-time Yellow Lab—Cody-body! When not whacking away at her keyboard crafting her next novel or spending time with her kids, you'll find her in her organic garden chasing grasshoppers and plucking hornworms. When she's not knee-deep in dirt or her imagination, D.S. Venetta contributes gardening advice for various websites and schools. It’s a busy life to be sure, but at the end of the day, if she can inspire someone to stop and smell the roses (or rosemary!) and be kind to Mother Earth then she's done all right.

Editorial Reviews

"Not only were the characters easy to relate to and real, one can learn quite a bit about gardening without feeling like you're reading a textbook. My students commented that they had felt just like Jason and Lexi a few times, and I shared that I had surely felt like the mom, too. Having read many books, I feel strongly about recommending this book to students as well as teachers. Great, well-written children's book!"

Sharon Grier

"Although Show Me the Green is clearly a strong 'Let's garden' for country and suburban children, even city dwellers should be inspired by this charming tale of how to grow veggies. With chapter titles like 'Slippery Eggs & Seeds,' 'Wacky Weeds,' 'Shiny Frogs & Flittering Flies,' this is a fun story in itself and an inspiration to children everywhere to grow something from seed."

Blair Bancroft