Planting the Wild Garden

Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed, including animals, weather and wind, human action, and even the plants themselves.

A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are planted too, but not by farmers' hands. Different kinds of animals transport seeds, often without knowing it. Sometimes rain washes seeds away to a new location. And sometimes something extraordinary occurs, like when the pods of Scotch broom burst open explosively in the summer heat, scattering seeds everywhere like popcorn.

Kathryn Galbraith's lyrical prose seamlessly combines with Wendy Halperin's elegant, crisp illustrations to show how many elements work together through the seasons to create and sustain the wild meadow garden.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: 04/05/2011
ISBN: 9781561455638
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.86w x 0.43d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011
Booklist 04/15/2011 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 02/14/2011
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 102
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 143697 / Planting the Wild Garden
Reading Level: 2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5