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In the Garden
Explores the peas, potatoes, pumpkins, and other vegetables in a garden, as well as the insects and other animals that help them grow.
16 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
About the author
David M. Schwartz
88 books29 followers As a child, I was filled with a sense of awe as I contemplated the universe. The huge numbers of stars and their sizes and distances never failed to amaze me. With binoculars and magnifying glass, I also focused on closer subjects like birds, flowers, frogs and bugs.
But science and math weren't my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.
That night I was inspired to write my first book, How Much Is a Million? Now, almost 50 books later, I spend much of my time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, both through my writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. I also write science articles for magazines, especially Smithsonian, and to do the research I've made exciting trips to some of the more remote corners of several continents. I've been to Africa to study hippos, to South America to visit an indigenous tribe living in the rain forest, and to far northern Scotland to track illegal egg collectors. But I still love the land outside my door in northern California, and the same distant stars that inspired me years ago.
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But science and math weren't my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.
That night I was inspired to write my first book, How Much Is a Million? Now, almost 50 books later, I spend much of my time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, both through my writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. I also write science articles for magazines, especially Smithsonian, and to do the research I've made exciting trips to some of the more remote corners of several continents. I've been to Africa to study hippos, to South America to visit an indigenous tribe living in the rain forest, and to far northern Scotland to track illegal egg collectors. But I still love the land outside my door in northern California, and the same distant stars that inspired me years ago.
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March 5, 2020
If anyone wonders if my variety of children’s literature is an easy route to my annual book goals, please know that more research and work goes into these reviews. Such short, pictorial contents necessitate that I be creative! Gleaning biographical details on authors from long ago is toughest. Happily, information came to abundant fruition for David M. Schwartz and Dwight Kuhn. They are both award-winning and prolific.
Dwight graduated from Pennsylvania with a biology degree. He and his wife moved to Maine to teach. Playing with photography in the company of their son, blossomed into a professional, worldwide career. Authoring a child’s book was his dream and he surpassed it!
David authors nature, science, and mathematics material for children. He is known for textbooks that break down an easy way to approach this material. However, he is 100% sentimental, when describing his originating childhood awe of the stars, animals, and insects of California. He too went around the world for his books, many comprising teaching suites.
“Look Once Look Again” is a diverse series, collaborated upon by both of these gentlemen. “In The Garden” was published in 1997. As usual, I discovered it at a thrift shop. It appeals to me as a garden and plant lover. I gave it four stars because I appreciate it. Children will learn easy facts from it, that they will retain. It is too short on text to generate emotions or build a story. However, this is ideal for youngsters.
A few interesting details are selected, to present in an unusual way. Photographs are magnified as visual quizzes upon each page and made tricky to recognize. I admire a garden book that includes not solely vegetables and fruits but a toad, ladybug, and praying mantis who make themselves at home in gardens as well.
Dwight graduated from Pennsylvania with a biology degree. He and his wife moved to Maine to teach. Playing with photography in the company of their son, blossomed into a professional, worldwide career. Authoring a child’s book was his dream and he surpassed it!
David authors nature, science, and mathematics material for children. He is known for textbooks that break down an easy way to approach this material. However, he is 100% sentimental, when describing his originating childhood awe of the stars, animals, and insects of California. He too went around the world for his books, many comprising teaching suites.
“Look Once Look Again” is a diverse series, collaborated upon by both of these gentlemen. “In The Garden” was published in 1997. As usual, I discovered it at a thrift shop. It appeals to me as a garden and plant lover. I gave it four stars because I appreciate it. Children will learn easy facts from it, that they will retain. It is too short on text to generate emotions or build a story. However, this is ideal for youngsters.
A few interesting details are selected, to present in an unusual way. Photographs are magnified as visual quizzes upon each page and made tricky to recognize. I admire a garden book that includes not solely vegetables and fruits but a toad, ladybug, and praying mantis who make themselves at home in gardens as well.
January 20, 2012
This is a good book because the pictures in the book are "real pictures," (non-fiction).The book provides photos of the garden as if looking through a microscope. It is an excellent book to read to children when discussing nutrition or insects. It provides a variety of "texture" words and describes many things that are found in the garden!
Learning activity: LD5j: Chidren will identify and connect information and events in books to real life learning experiences.
I will ask the children what they know about gardens. I will present various items, some that are found in gardens and some that are not. I will discuss each item in small group and pass the items around so that the children can touch them. We will discuss what the children know about the items. In a large group, I will have the children identify which items are found in the garden and which items are not. We will make a list of the things that are found in the garden and the things that are not found in the garden. As an extention, I will ask the children what other things they know, that can be grown or found in a garden. The children will be able to connect the information in the book and through the learning activity to a real experience.
Learning activity: LD5j: Chidren will identify and connect information and events in books to real life learning experiences.
I will ask the children what they know about gardens. I will present various items, some that are found in gardens and some that are not. I will discuss each item in small group and pass the items around so that the children can touch them. We will discuss what the children know about the items. In a large group, I will have the children identify which items are found in the garden and which items are not. We will make a list of the things that are found in the garden and the things that are not found in the garden. As an extention, I will ask the children what other things they know, that can be grown or found in a garden. The children will be able to connect the information in the book and through the learning activity to a real experience.
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