Spring has officially sprung, gardens are bright with early
flowers and enthusiasm for the new growing season is running
high. To help nurture that eagerness to get growing, here are
two new books for your consideration. Grow Your Own for Kids, by
Chris Collins and Lia Leendertz (Mitchell Beazley, 112 pages,
hard cover, $16.99). This just-published book is a charmer.
Every page is filled with colour photos showing children doing
fun stuff like sowing seeds for leafy greens along lines forming
a child's initials in a pot of soil. The greens are shown
sprouting, then being cut for use. The last photo is of the
greens regrown and ready for another cutting. With each photo
are simple directions or a commentary. A pizza herb garden shows
children planting and tending a circular bed divided by white
stones into wedges, one for each herb. "Gorgeous garden waste"
shows kids how to make "health food for your garden" by
composting. In this book, young readers will see other children
sowing seeds indoors and out, wateri