Behold Our Magical Garden

<b>Witty and inspiring Allan Wolf's upbeat poems are poised to cultivate a new crop of gardeners aided by Daniel Duncan's bountiful illustrations.</b> <p/><i>In our garden can you see?</i><br><i>A grand adventure? And it's free!</i><br><i>A green delicious fantasy?</i><br><i>Behold our magical garden.</i> <p/>There's a lot more to gardens than meets the eye! In this collection of buoyant poems filled with fun facts young nature enthusiasts and budding gardeners are called on to help solve a mystery by the compost bin join a Wild West-style standoff between some good bugs and a few bad ones interview the sun to find out what happens when it drinks a glass of water and learn the fancy names of plants to spice up dinner conversation. They'll be spurred to grab their own gardening tools drop in some seeds encounter a few insects gather fresh vegetables and find a whole lot of magic. Allan Wolf's playful poems and Daniel Duncan's whimsically detailed welcoming illustrations combine in a charming celebration of the many wonders and lessons to be learned from a school garden. For further inspiration engaging notes on the poems and an author's note on jotting down observations can be found in the back matter.