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Rock collecting (Let's-read-and-find-out science book)
By Roma Gans. 1984
Disney's FamilyFun crafts: 500 Creative Activities For You And Your Kids
By Deanna F Cook. 1997
Collection of five hundred creative activities for parents to share with their children. Offers ideas on setting up an area…
for crafts and suggests supplies, including recyclables and inexpensive materials, to keep on hand. Sample projects include spooky spiders, pencil toppers, finger puppets, splatter shirts, and holiday gifts. 1997. Uniform title: Familyfun (New York, N.Y.)Fingerprint animals (Fun with Fingerprints Ser.)
By Bobbie Nuytten. 2020
Use your own fingerprints to create illustrated animals! Cats and dogs, birds and frogs all come to life on the…
page with your own personal touch. Step-by-step instructions guide readers in making their own fingerprint designsFingerprint vehicles (Fun with Fingerprints Ser.)
By Bobbie Nuytten. 2020
Use your own fingerprints to create illustrated vehicles! Cars, trains, boats, and planes all come to life on the page…
with your own personal touch. Step-by-step instructions guide readers in making their own fingerprint designsFingerprint characters (Fun with Fingerprints Ser.)
By Bobbie Nuytten. 2020
Use your own fingerprints to create illustrated characters! Little fingerprint people of all shapes and sizes come to life on…
the page with your own personal touch. Step-by-step instructions guide readers in making their own fingerprint designsFingerprint bugs (Fun with Fingerprints Ser.)
By Bobbie Nuytten. 2020
Use your own fingerprints to create illustrated bugs! Butterflies, ladybugs, spiders, and more come to life on the page with…
your own personal touch. Step-by-step instructions guide readers in making their own fingerprint designsHello, crochet friends!: making art, being mindful, giving back : do what makes you happy
By Jennifer Larson, Jonah Larson, Erin Harris. 2019
Young, gifted artist Jonah Larson discusses his adoption from Ethiopia and his challenges in a Wisconsin school. He and his…
mom recount how crocheting came into his life, calmed his hyper mind, and became a source of joy and fame for him. For grades 2-4. 2019Green city: how one community survived a tornado and rebuilt for a sustainable future
By Allan Drummond. 2016
Recounts the story of Greensburg, Kansas, a town that rebuilt completely green after a deadly tornado leveled Greensburg in nine…
minutes. Describes how they recycled their old kitchen cabinets, built sustainable homes and businesses, constructed a hurricane-proof water tower, and more. For grades K-3. 2016Super simple hanging gardens: a kid's guide to gardening (Super simple gardening)
By Alex Kuskowski. 2015
Provides techniques for growing plants in hanging containers and explains how to choose the right tools, soil, plants, and pots.…
Discusses safety precautions and includes instructions for making your own containers, including one for upside-down plants. For grades 3-6. 2015Roots, shoots, buckets & boots: gardening together with children
By Sharon Lovejoy. 1999
Guide for parents and children provides twelve ideas for theme gardens, including a pizza patch; tips for growing plants in…
containers, such as carrots in old boots; and home remedies, such as peppermint tea for tummy aches. Lists additional resources. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999What's inside a flower?: And other questions about science & nature
By Rachel Ignotofsky. 2022
From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science , comes a new nonfiction picture book series…
ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world—starting with what's inside a flower. Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers—from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry. In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky's distinctive art style and engaging, informative text clearly answers any questions a child (or adult) could have about flowersThe firehouse light
By Janet Nolan, Marie Lafrance. 2010
Compost stew: an A to Z recipe for the earth
By Ashley Wolff, Mary McKenna Siddals. 2010
Sam Johnson and the blue ribbon quilt
By Lisa Campbell Ernst. 1992
While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets…
with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club. For grades K-3My Detroit garden
By Keri Middaugh. 2012
A little girl moves to the city of Detroit and misses her garden. Will planting a few seedlings in a…
nearby vacant lot help her feel at home in the city? This story takes a look at the joys of urban gardening and includes a Detroit fact page and family gardening activity. For grades K-3. 2012Parks for the people: How Frederick Law Olmsted designed America
By Elizabeth Partridge. 2022
National Book Award finalist Elizabeth Partridge reveals the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of Central Park,…
the United States Capitol building's landscape, and more. Nobody could get Frederick Law Olmsted to sit still. He was filled with energy, adventure, and dreams of changing the world. As a boy, he found refuge in the peace and calm of nature, and later as an adult, he dreamed of designing and creating access to parks for a growing and changing America. When New York City held a contest for the best park design for what would become Central Park, Olmsted won and became the father of landscape architecture. He went on to design parks across America, including Yosemite National Park and even the grounds for the United States Capitol. National Book Award finalist Elizabeth Partridge brings her renowned lyricism and meticulous research to the visionary who brought parks to the peopleSuggests projects kids and adults can do together to recycle everyday objects--a leftover flip-flop; a worn-out T-shirt, blanket, or shower…
curtain; tin cans--and turn them into something new. An old red shoe becomes a flower-pot container. Includes general tips on reuse and recycling to prevent waste. For grades 2-4. 2009Crafts for kids who are learning about dinosaurs (Crafts for Kids Who Are Learning about Ser.)
By Kathy Ross, Jan Barger. 2008
Twenty-two dinosaur-themed projects such as a fossil necklace, a dinosaur puppet, or a hungry Brachiosaurus that use readily available household…
materials like gift bows, bath scrubbies, paper plates, egg cartons, wooden ice-cream spoons, and aluminum foil. For grades 2-4. 2008Grow it, cook it
By Dk. 2008
Explains gardening basics. Recommends proper container sizes for growing tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, pumpkins, beans, potatoes, carrots, onions, spinach, lettuce, mint,…
strawberries, blueberries, lemons, and sunflowers. Step-by-step recipes feature these fresh ingredients in stir-fry dishes, frittatas, muffins, pies, soups, and more. Parent participation necessary. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2008What you never knew about beds, bedrooms, & pajamas (Around-the-house history)
By Patricia Lauber, John Manders. 2006
Traces the history of sleeping habits from Stone Age nights around an open fire and Egyptian, Greek, and Roman "day…
beds" to group sleeping arrangements of the Middle Ages and the concept of private bedrooms. Discusses mattresses, blankets, and nightclothes through the ages. For grades 2-4. 2006