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Up, down and around

by Ayres, Katherine.

Format: Print Book 2007
Availability: Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy

Available (1)
Location Collection Call #
CLP - Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians Children's Large Print Books BRAILLE qj FICTION Ayres CL 9758
Location  CLP - Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians
 
Collection  Children's Large Print Books
 
Call Number  BRAILLE qj FICTION Ayres CL 9758
 
 

Summary
This garden is on the move! A good-time, rollicking celebration of things that grow.

PEPPERS GROW UP.
POTATOES GROW DOWN.
PUMPKINS VINE AROUND AND AROUND.

From seeds dropping into soil to corn bursting from its stalks, from children chasing butterflies to ants burrowing underground, everything in this vibrant picture book pulses with life -- in all directions! Sprightly illustrations set the mood for a rhythmic text that follows nature's course to a final feast of backyard bounty.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Setting aside the notion of gardens as places of tranquility, this picture book depicts a bustling kitchen garden. Two children help a man with planting, watering, and harvesting vegetables, while a dog, a cat, and a rabbit observe the fun. All around them, snails, caterpillars, birds, bugs, and worms creep, crawl, fly, climb, dig, and generally cavort about this flourishing garden. The ink-and-watercolor illustrations offer plenty of details for children to explore. Cutaway views show small critters nestled in their underground homes between root vegetables. As noted in the title, a repeated theme in the rhymed couplets is the direction plants grow: Broccoli grows up. / Beets grow down. / Green beans climb / around and around. The short verses create a quick pace and an upbeat tempo throughout. Pair this with Janet Stevens' Tops and Bottoms (1995) for a lively story hour or classroom unit on gardens. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2007 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Subjects Gardening -- Juvenile fiction.
English language -- Prepositions -- Juvenile fiction.
Braille books -- Specimens.
Gardening -- Fiction.
English language -- Prepositions -- Fiction.
Stories in rhyme.
Braille books.
Publisher Cambridge, Mass. :Candlewick Press,2007
Edition 1st ed.
Contributors Westcott, Nadine Bernard.
Language English
Notes Text in English with Braille tape added.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) of print and braille : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN 9780763623784
0763623784
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