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The Garden Gang
Pam Parsnip; And, Lawrence Lemon Two Stories From The Garden Gang
- GenresChildrens
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1981
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Jayne Fisher
19 books12 followersJayne Fisher was the youngest person ever to write for Ladybird Books, Jayne based her 'Garden Gang' stories around a bunch of fruit and vegetable characters that became hugely popular with younger readers in the 1970's. Jayne also illustrated her own books using felt-tipped pens.
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October 14, 2017
I thought the art looked like it was drawn by a child, and it turns out that it was -- the Garden Gang series was both written and illustrated by a nine year old. I didn't really enjoy them, as the author/illustrator wasn't *my* nine year old.
BUT! As can be guessed from the (nostalgically?) high ratings for the series left by everyone else, the kids (DS#1 age 6, DD#1 age 4) like them -- even DS #2 (age 1) ,who will rarely sit for anything other than aquatic life and dinosaurs, picks them up on his own and peruses the poorly drawn pictures of anthropomorphic fruit engaged in minor goings-on.
Today I needed gas for the mower, so DS#1 and DD came with me on The Adventure. They listened intently as, upon arrival, I discussed the process of paying by credit card, with a digression about what zip codes were, and filled the gas can. After getting back, I asked them what they thought about the trip. "It was really exciting," said DS#1, "when you put in the zip code." I believe he was serious. Anyway, the point is that what kids and s̶a̶n̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ adults like is not always the same, and this fairly ridiculous series therefore winds up with its t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶... fine, four stars. We've had the series for six months and they keep asking for them and show all signs of enjoyment. I'm still perplexed, but whatever.
BUT! As can be guessed from the (nostalgically?) high ratings for the series left by everyone else, the kids (DS#1 age 6, DD#1 age 4) like them -- even DS #2 (age 1) ,who will rarely sit for anything other than aquatic life and dinosaurs, picks them up on his own and peruses the poorly drawn pictures of anthropomorphic fruit engaged in minor goings-on.
Today I needed gas for the mower, so DS#1 and DD came with me on The Adventure. They listened intently as, upon arrival, I discussed the process of paying by credit card, with a digression about what zip codes were, and filled the gas can. After getting back, I asked them what they thought about the trip. "It was really exciting," said DS#1, "when you put in the zip code." I believe he was serious. Anyway, the point is that what kids and s̶a̶n̶e̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ adults like is not always the same, and this fairly ridiculous series therefore winds up with its t̶h̶r̶e̶e̶... fine, four stars. We've had the series for six months and they keep asking for them and show all signs of enjoyment. I'm still perplexed, but whatever.
December 26, 2018
A fabulous Christmas gift. The first story centers around Pam Parsnip who has the Pea Twins dumped on her without notice, by Mrs Pea who was off to visit her sister, for two weeks. Bit of a social service issue here.
Second story is around Lawrence Lemon who gets into skiing and his lovely friends pay for him to go to Switzerland to try out the proper slopes.
Completely random, I mean a Lemon who dreams of skiing or people dumping kids on others with no notice, but the pictures were so cute I had to give it 5 stars.
A nine year old wrote and illustrated this so they can be forgiven for the child neglect faux pas. Great imagination.
Second story is around Lawrence Lemon who gets into skiing and his lovely friends pay for him to go to Switzerland to try out the proper slopes.
Completely random, I mean a Lemon who dreams of skiing or people dumping kids on others with no notice, but the pictures were so cute I had to give it 5 stars.
A nine year old wrote and illustrated this so they can be forgiven for the child neglect faux pas. Great imagination.
February 14, 2014
A Garden Gang series book written by a child author starting at age 9!
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