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74th out of 93 books
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48 voters
Over in the Garden
Over in the garden, mother insects and their children enjoy various activities from morning sun to evening moon.
Hardcover
Published
2002
by Rising Moon
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A cute counting book up to the number ten. The bold illustrations give great details of how bugs look. Each number addresses a different mother animal and her young and how they would move about in the garden. The repetative line "over in the garden" allows for many different writing activities for the young reader. See if your class can make a book about bugs they see in the garden! The end of the book includes 'fun facts' about each bug in the book, and there is also a simple song in the back...more
Not only does this book have colorful illustrations that make the book come alive, but it was a very easy read. This book provides awesome awareness by rhyming. It also covers counting 1-10. Throughout the story on every page there are hints about what bug will be on the next page. This book creates a song, which could be very funny to read out loud because then children can hear the rhyming through the song. Also a song could help children remember the counting. It is a cute book, that young re...more
I don't know what it is about this author/illustrator combination, but M does NOT like their books! I think they're fun and gorgeous, but M refuses to let me finish reading them to her. The rhyme scheme is repetitive and not like Dr. Seuss's, whose stories she does love, but I just don't get what's so offensive to her. This is the second book by them that she is not interested in "reading".
This is a gorgeous lush book full of wonderful illustrations to go along with a whimsical story of the animals and their babies in a beautiful garden. Many are cute bugs. The story is in rhyme and I found myself singing it out loud to the tune of "Over in the meadow". Kids will love this book.
Set to the tune of "Over in the Meadow" - vibrant illustrations and fun to read!
My daughter really enjoys this book and the hidden "clues" on each page.
Fantastic story about bugs with a rhythm and a number to find on every page.
Jared loves all kinds of bugs. Hoping he'll like this one too.
I love books with great illustrations! This was beautifully done.
Illustration was amazing ! the rhyming fun book all about bugs!
Apr 10, 2012
Lucero Hernandez
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
bugs,
insects,
garden,
counting,
math,
prekindergarten,
science,
rhyming,
poetry,
picture-books,
phonemic-awareness,
gardens
Over in the Garden is a great book that allows for students to continue to improve their phonemic awareness, through rhyming. This book reinforces student counting from 1-10. It also provides great detailed illustrations of bugs.
Great for storytime -- reinforces phonological awareness through rhymes (I had the kids tell me the rhyme) and song (the musical notation for the rhymes is appended, but many children's librarians already know the standard "Over in the..." song). On each page there's a small, hiding hint as to which bug will appear on the next page. Would be great for one-on-one sharing!
The story is set to a song, which is fun to sing while reading aloud. On each page, the reader can search for a hidden number, but also, each page somewhere has pictured the number of and insect which will be found on the next page. It's very cleverly done.
Another great and amazingly illustrated book by Jennifer Ward. My daughter really loved finding the numbers and the scary spider!
This is one of my favorite "Over in the..." books. The pictures are rich and the rhymes are natural. A great hit at story time.
great fullscale pictures of bugs in this concept book with counting intermingled with bugs. counts through 10.
Read for Kindergarten storytimes 5.15.2013 & 5.16.2013
May 15, 2013
Yinzadi
marked it as to-read
Apr 19, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
Apr 26, 2013
Kerry
marked it as tbr-picture
Apr 06, 2013
Judy Carter
marked it as to-read
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