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Bud
Bud Sweet-William's fondness for the messy pastime of gardening dismays his orderly parents, especially when they are expecting his grandfather for a visit.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Hardcover
Published May 21, 2000
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Kevin O'Malley
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Kevin O'Malley is the co-author and illustrator of the popular Miss Malarkey series as well as the award-winning Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and the national bestseller Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
He also has visited hundreds and hundreds of schools.
Kevin O'Malley is the co-author and illustrator of the popular Miss Malarkey series as well as the award-winning Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and the national bestseller Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
He also has visited hundreds and hundreds of schools.
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May 5, 2016
This the first book for Aeverie and I to read this month and it was very enjoyable. Chock full of great illustrations with a great little story of acceptance. I highly recommend this for all parents and their children.
August 3, 2018
Though his parents are very tidy, Bud likes dirt. He is always digging and making a mess. His parents worry when Bud’s grandfather plans to visit because he is even more particular than they are. But grandfather has a surprise for all of them.
March 5, 2019
If you've got a messy kid, the thing to do is put him in the dirt constructively. It helps if you're a rhino family.
January 24, 2014
Bud is the son of a very orderly, straight and narrow kind of couple, depicting a typical professional, clean cut, organized modern family that are attempting to accept Bud's unruly love of plants and gardening.
Although they give him space to plant and trim and make dirt piles in the garden, in the kitchen and in his bedroom, their inner character just can't seem to succumb to this way of being! Particularly when Bud's grandfather comes to visit the couple feels they must hide Bud's gardening side fearing the seeming disorder will all but insult grandpa.
Refreshingly, the opposite occurs after a storm turns Bud's hard work into a mess to reckon with. Everyone comes together in the end to happily restore Bud's original creation.
A very lovely story indeed, creating space for a child's creativity to thrive and helping the adults come to terms with letting go of often old, stiff ways of being that get in the way of everyone's happiness.
A great dose of love emerges from this book, I highly recommend reading for children feeling their gifts do not have space to grow and for parents having a difficult time with children that may stretch their norms, even if it's a simple as allowing children to build a fort with couch cushions and making 'messes' that may make us feel uncomfortable.
Thank you Kevin O'Malley for bringing Bud to life and for planting love in our hearts.
Oh, and, creating a garden, in potted plants or outside, is a wonderful annual activity to engage children and adults in, of all ages.
Although they give him space to plant and trim and make dirt piles in the garden, in the kitchen and in his bedroom, their inner character just can't seem to succumb to this way of being! Particularly when Bud's grandfather comes to visit the couple feels they must hide Bud's gardening side fearing the seeming disorder will all but insult grandpa.
Refreshingly, the opposite occurs after a storm turns Bud's hard work into a mess to reckon with. Everyone comes together in the end to happily restore Bud's original creation.
A very lovely story indeed, creating space for a child's creativity to thrive and helping the adults come to terms with letting go of often old, stiff ways of being that get in the way of everyone's happiness.
A great dose of love emerges from this book, I highly recommend reading for children feeling their gifts do not have space to grow and for parents having a difficult time with children that may stretch their norms, even if it's a simple as allowing children to build a fort with couch cushions and making 'messes' that may make us feel uncomfortable.
Thank you Kevin O'Malley for bringing Bud to life and for planting love in our hearts.
Oh, and, creating a garden, in potted plants or outside, is a wonderful annual activity to engage children and adults in, of all ages.
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