From Soil to Garden

by Mari Schuh

Overview

How does a bare patch of soil become a big, beautiful garden? Follow each step in the gardening process—from planting to watering to weeding—in this interesting book! Start to Finish titles help readers examine how things are made and teach sequential thinking skills and vocabulary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512409468
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Start to Finish, Second Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	540L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mari Schuh's love of reading began with cereal boxes at the kitchen table. Today Mari is the author of hundreds of nonfiction books for beginning readers, covering topics from tomatoes to tornadoes. She lives in the Midwest with her husband and still enjoys a big bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios. Learn more about her at marischuh.com.

Table of Contents

First, gardeners find a space 4

Then they test the soil 6

Gardeners loosen the soil 8

Next, gardeners buy seeds and plants 10

They plant their gardens 12

Then they water their gardens 14

Gardeners add mulch 16

They pull weeds 18

Finally the garden grow! 20

Glossary 22

Further Information 23

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

"Well-designed text pages allow less able readers to understand key concepts by focusing on the sentence in large type, while older (or more fluent) readers can gain additional information from supporting sentences in smaller type. Accompanying photos reinforce the sequential structure of the developmental process. Among the more striking are of the transformation from egg through larva and pupa stages in Ladybug and Honeybee. These top choices would work well for compare-and-contrast exercises. The other 'egg books' could support discussions of similarities among bird, insect, and reptile development. Of the animal selections, Joey to Kangaroo is strongest, with amazing close-up photos of the growing joey. Most disappointing is Seed to Strawberry, which not only begins with a growing plant but doesn't mention where seeds can be found on mature fruit. VERDICT: Strongly consider Ladybug and Honeybee; other titles can be selected to fill subject gaps."—School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

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