Pathfinder!

Your quick guide to finding information about topics on gardening with children. This will include fiction, non-fiction and reference books as well as relevent web pages.

Gardening

Books:  Other materials may be found using the Springfield library's online catalog with Subject Words "Children" and "Gardening".  This will check the C/WMARS card catalog.

The Garden that We Grew / by Joan Holub ; illustrations by Hiroe Nakata. JPBK.

The Garden Angel : A Young Child Discovers a Grandparent's Love Grows Even After Death. by Jan M. Czech ; illus. by Susan Aitken. Bolton Juvenile. E C.

Butterflies / Ned Simonson. Shrewsbury Juvenile j 595.789 Si5

Poppy Bear : The Garden That Overslept. by Ruth E. Saltzman ; illustrated by Catherine Deeter. Wilbraham Juv Picture SALTZMAN

The Growing Classroom : Garden-based Science   by Roberta Jaffe, Gary Appel. Illustrated by Kate Murray. MCLA Teacher Resource Q181.A2J3x 1990.

Science Through Children's Literature [computer file] : An Integrated Approach. By Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow ; illustrated by Hannah L. Ben-Zvi. An electronic book accessible through the Springfield Public Library Worl Wide Web Page.

Video: 

All About Caring For Plants [videorecording]By Stone House Productions, LLC in cooperation with The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. West Springfield Youth Rm VIDEO/J635.9/ALL


Electronic Resources: 
There are dozens of resources for teachers, parents and 4-H and Junior Master Gardener leaders on the Internet.  Below is just a selection.  Use search engines like Yahoo and Google to find others.  

General Reference Center (via Infotrac)www.infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/mlin_w_remote - use Library Card Number 28126000004219 on the Infotrac page.

Cool Books About Gardening - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/fun/bkrev.htm
Powell's Books on Gardening with Children - http://www.powells.com/subsection/ChildrensGardening.3.html
Washington State University - http://www.pierce.wsu.edu/text/proggwp.htm
Texas A & M University - http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm
Junior Master Gardener - http://ahttp://jmgkids.com/
The National Gardening Association - http://www.kidsgardening.com/

 

 

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