| Behold Our Magical Garden |
| Poems Fresh from a School Garden |
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author: Allan Wolf
illustrator: Daniel Duncan
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In our garden, can you see?
A grand adventure? And it’s free!
A green delicious fantasy?
Behold our magical garden.
There’s a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts, young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin, join a Wild West–style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones, interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water, and learn the fancy names of plants to spice up dinner conversation. They’ll be spurred to grab their own gardening tools, drop in some seeds, encounter a few insects, gather fresh vegetables, and find a whole lot of magic. Allan Wolf’s playful poems and Daniel Duncan’s whimsically detailed, welcoming illustrations combine in a charming celebration of the many wonders and lessons to be learned from a school garden. For further inspiration, engaging notes on the poems and an author’s note on jotting down observations can be found in the back matter. |
| Witty and inspiring, Allan Wolf’s upbeat poems are poised to cultivate a new crop of gardeners, aided by Daniel Duncan’s bountiful illustrations. |
suggested retail price (U.S.):
$18.99 |
isbn-10/isbn-13:
1536204552 / 9781536204551 |
pub date:
03/2022 |
type/format:
Picture Book Nonfiction / Hardback |
LC#:
20219466 |
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age range:
8 yrs - 12 yrs
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# of pages/size:
48 / 9 3/4" x 11 5/16" |
grade range:
Grade 3 - Grade 7
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subjects:
Science & Nature; Poetry; Health & Daily Living; |
author’s comments:
Allan Wolf is the author of many award-winning books for children and teens, including No Buddy Like a Book, The Day the Universe Exploded My Head, The Blood-Hungry Spleen and Other Poems About Our Parts, and The Blanket Where Violet Sits. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina. |
illustrator’s comments:
Daniel Duncan is the author-illustrator of the picture book South and the illustrator of The Purple Puffy Coat by Maribeth Boelts and Mr. Posey’s New Glasses by Ted Kooser. Daniel Duncan lives outside London. |
