Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "holiday"
"Arbor Day Square", "Planting the Wild Garden" and "Pirate Stew"
Gardening and a wild pirate tale made for a fun weekend.
Pirate Stew
5 stars
Author: Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Two girls will have an unusual babysitter for the evening while their parents go out. The babysitter is a pirate cook who promptly invites the pirate crew in for bowls of pirate stew. Eat some at your own risk!
The text is fun. The illustrations are wild as the pirate crew is a motley group in age, gender, dress and more. Are they a real pirate crew? Are you sure?
Arbor Day Square
4 stars
Author: Kathryn Galbraith
Illustrator: Cyd Moore
Arbor Day is a day to plant trees. Why? Where did this tradition begin? Why? This is the story of the beginnings of Arbor Day.
The illustrations are simple, but very effective for this tale of decades ago.
Planting the Wild Garden
4 stars
Author: Kathryn Galbraith
Illustrator: Wendy Anderson Halperin
Gardeners plant regular gardens. Who plants the wild plants? Someone must as the wild plants grow. This book tells of some of the answers.
The illustrations have a soft look to them. They have main illustrations with other, small images to help make the main theme of the page plainer. All the plants and animals are easily identified.
Pirate Stew
5 stars
Author: Neil Gaiman
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Two girls will have an unusual babysitter for the evening while their parents go out. The babysitter is a pirate cook who promptly invites the pirate crew in for bowls of pirate stew. Eat some at your own risk!
The text is fun. The illustrations are wild as the pirate crew is a motley group in age, gender, dress and more. Are they a real pirate crew? Are you sure?
Arbor Day Square
4 stars
Author: Kathryn Galbraith
Illustrator: Cyd Moore
Arbor Day is a day to plant trees. Why? Where did this tradition begin? Why? This is the story of the beginnings of Arbor Day.
The illustrations are simple, but very effective for this tale of decades ago.
Planting the Wild Garden
4 stars
Author: Kathryn Galbraith
Illustrator: Wendy Anderson Halperin
Gardeners plant regular gardens. Who plants the wild plants? Someone must as the wild plants grow. This book tells of some of the answers.
The illustrations have a soft look to them. They have main illustrations with other, small images to help make the main theme of the page plainer. All the plants and animals are easily identified.
