Sunflower Houses: Inspiration from the Garden by Sharon Lovejoy
	List Price:   $13.95 Unit Price:   $11.16 You Save:   $2.79 (20%) ISBN-10:   0761123865 ISBN-13:   9780761123866 Publisher:   Workman Publishing Edition:   illustrated Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   July 2001 Pages:   144 Ages:   9 to 12 Grades:   4 to 7
Subjects
CHILDREN'S GARDENS GARDENING_JUVENILE LITERATURE
Description/Notes
Celebrating the lore of the garden and the joy of interacting with nature, Sunflower Houses is a unique gardens lover's miscellany, a collection of memories, poems, activirties, garden plans, crafts, games and planting projects. A magical book of adventures and appreciations written and illustrated by the author of Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots this award-winning title was published by a small press in Colorado in 1991. The reviews say it all: A fetching primer on gardening for children. . . . Irresistible (The Smithsonian). What child, or indeed adult, would not be delighted? Lovejoy's recollections are wonderful, as are the illustrations (Victoria).Celebrating the lore of the garden and the joy of interacting with nature, Sunflower Houses is a unique garden lover's miscellany, a collection of memories, poems, activities, garden plans, crafts, botanical riddles, stories, games, and planting projects. There are inspirations for a Floral Clock Garden, A Child's Own Rainbow, Faerie Tea Parties, and, of course, the Sunflower House. Plus, from garden lovers, stories of favorite flowers. Throughout are the artist's warm and appealing watercolors of a life in gardening remembered. A fetching primer on gardening for children, chockablock with botanical loreGreen-thumbed adults will also find this an irresistible excursion into old-fashioned garden history. (The Smithsonian) Sunflower Houses lit up my life and, indeed, may go on doing so for years to come. Enchanting! (American Library Book Review) Celebrate the lore of the garden and the joys of interacting with nature. Filled with cozy recollections and garden poems, a plant abecedarium and the charm of pansies, how to grow a zucchini fish in a bottle and why every garden needs a swing, this unique miscellany insures that the memorable outdoor experiences of childhood will be passed on from one generation to the next. Illustrating the book throughout are the author's warm and appealing watercolors of a life in gardening remembered. Remember making clover chains, hollyhock dolls, and firefly lanterns? Or hosting a faerie tea party? Remember checking the clock when the Four O'Clocks bloomed? These simple pleasures, and hundreds more, are gathered here in a magical book of inspiration from the garden. WHAT CHILD, OR ADULT, WOULD NOT BE DELIGHTED? LOVEJOY'S RECOLLECTIONS ARE WONDERFUL, AS ARE THE ILLUSTRATIONS! (VICTORIA MAGAZINE)