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Children's Literature — K-2

A Farmer's Alphabet by Mary Azarian. Wood cuts, and an alphabet of farm words. (Make your own farm book--think of other farm words that Mary didn't use.)

Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. An introduction to the garden for young folks.

Jack's Garden by Henry Cole. A cumulative text (similar to 12 Days of Christmas) that explains how a garden works.

The Moonflower by Peter Loewer (an Asheville local). About moonflowers, their pollinators, and what happens around them. A mix of fiction/nonfiction.

Over in the Garden by Jennifer Ward. Use as a counting book, for info about bugs, or sing and play a recorder or other instrument along to the tune of "Over in the Meadow."

Round the Garden by Omri Glaser. Informative, circular text written by an eight year old. 

Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens. A  trickster tale that also shows the differences between root, leaf, and stalk vegetables.

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. Story and art explain the life cycle.

Scarlette Beane by Karen Wallace. A tale of growing vegetables and the miracles of the garden.

Eating the Alphabet - Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z by Lois Ehlert. An introduction to new vegetables and fruits with a helpful glossary. (Pair it with a video by Ehlert.)

Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown. Learn about counting and more.

Inch by Inch by David Mallet.The Mamas and the Pappas song by this title was originally  a poem and is now a children’s book.

 

 

 

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Kids Comments on Farm to School

From Nikolay
The garden lets me learn outside of school. It let me be able to smell different smells. I like to taste things in our garden.
 
From Ashley
The school garden helps me make good food choices when I'm shopping with my folks.
 
From Sam D.
Thank you for teaching us about growing and planting plants. It was graet seeing Swiss chard and kale plants. And zinnias lettuce and onin seeds. We will all water and wamth.
 
From Breanna
I platid some onions. I appreciate you lating us have a garden. It was fun pulling the weeds. And fun plating the seeds. When some of them need pold we will pull them up.
 


 
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