Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars
Sharon Lovejoy
2010, Workman Publishing, $14.95
Have a blast exploring 130 activities created especially for grandparents and kids to do together. Children can curate their own tabletop nature museums, and make mud pies, pinecone bird feeders, “stained glass” windows, a firefly lantern or a worm hotel. Recipes for edible garden-themed goodies are included, too: No-Bake Marshmallow Nests, Critter Cakes and Slippery Spider Smoothies. Workman.com
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Good Growing: A Kid’s Guide to Green Gardening
By the editors at Klutz
2010, Klutz, $16.95
Follow these “easy instructions for growing your own delicious and nutritious food” and kids will surely love eating their veggies. Learn garden basics like planting seeds and identifying garden pests or helpful visitors. Includes two “super sprouter” pots and seed packets for windowsill gardens.
Ages 8 & up.
Klutz.com
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Grow It, Cook It with Kids
Amanda Grant
2009, Ryland Peters, $19.95
Use this handy guide to teach junior gardeners how to Plant It, Grow It and Pick It. It’s loaded with step-by-step instructions, gorgeous full-color photographs and tasty, super-simple recipes, like sweet strawberry ice cubes and chocolate zucchini cake.
RylandPeters.com
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Succulent Container Gardens
Debra Lee Baldwin
2009, Timber Press, $29.95
San Diego’s climate is just right for cacti and succulents. Beautiful photos of 350 easy and eye-catching arrangements will spark your creativity and help you create perfect container gardens. Baldwin combines textures and colors with natural elements like stone, gravel and ceramic to craft stunning, hardy displays.
TimberPress.com
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Rock and Roll Garden
The Bari Koral Family Rock Band
Loopytunes, $10.99
Folk and pop singer/songwriter Koral delivers cheerful, upbeat tunes that parents will like listening to. A children’s music and movement teacher, Koral has been deemed the “Sheryl Crow for kids.” Her catchy melodies will inspire kiddos to get up, dance and sing along.
For ages 2 - 7.
BariKoral.com
