Up in the garden and down in the dirt
Christopher Silas Neal, Kate Messner
Readers rate it 4.3 (3 on Hardcover)
50 pages · Released 2015 · Chronicle Books LLC
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This is a beautifully illustrated picture book that explores the interconnected ecosystem of a garden across the seasons. It celebrates curiosity about nature and encourages children to observe and appreciate the hidden life all around them. The lyrical text and award-winning illustrations make it both engaging and informative, with no concerning content.
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In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of green-... In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world--earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow--populated by all the animals that make a garden their home.
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ISBN 9781452119366 · Chronicle Books LLC