Busy in the Garden
by George Shannon
Illustrated by Sam Williams
Busy in the Garden is a lovely - and most certainly lively book for kids. Colorful
drawings of dancing watermelons, larger than life carrots, happy bunnies, gardening babies
and so on. It's a large, hardcover edition easily held by both parent and child. The lyrically-fun
prose shares the joys of gardening. The author celebrates growing veggies, flowers, and
clover. He even gives child size garden tips. The book is expressive, bright, fun, teasing,
quizzing, and rhyming. The watercolor drawings are full of humor, animals, people and a
couple of surprises....
Here is my favorite rhyme!
Dancing in the Breeze
I went to the garden
to pick some peas.
Found them dancing
in the evening breeze.
The day was hot,
so I joined right in.
Tapping my toes
and began to grin.
Peppers in a polka
as the snow peas snapped.
Beans in a boogie
as the cabbage clapped.
Squash square dancing
with a cha-cha chard.
Watermelon waltzing
all around the yard.
Picked my supper
with the greatest ease -
Everything swinging
in the dancing breeze. |
The Book |
Greenwillow |
February 28, 2006 |
Hardcover |
0060004657 |
Children's rhyming picture book [ages preschool - 8] |
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The Reviewer |
Brenda Weeaks |
Reviewed 2006 |
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