Kids and gardens: sowing and growing

Reviews by Etta Wilson

The days of long light and more green in the outside world have rolled around again. Old photosynthesis is working hard these days. For kids it's a time to play in the dirt. Just today a mother told me about her second-grade son's fascination with the study of soil in his science lab. He's getting ready to dig in.

Kids have always loved playing with soil (we adults call it gardening). Since the recent proliferation of gardening books, a number of books on the subject for kids--or for adults who want to garden with kids--are appearing. We looked at several recently

CLICK HERE to read this month's round-up of children's books on gardening, sowing, growing, and outdoor fun -- inlcuding the following ...

Fast book to honor world's fastest woman

Join interviewer Alice Cary as she interviews children's biographer Kathleen Krull and Caldecott Medal-winner David Diaz about their latest book, Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman, and their own heroic efforts to bring this book into being in time for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Fishing with Dad
Written by Michael J. Rosen
Photographs by Will Shively
Artisan

Alphabet City
By Stephen T. Johnson
Viking

Love You Forever
Written by Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Sheila Mc
Firefly Books


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