Jack's Garden

Jack's Garden
by Henry Cole

Jack's Garden
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Author: Henry Cole
Illustrator: Henry Cole
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03-28
ISBN: 068815283X
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Book Review: Fantastic kids' gardening book
Summary: 5 Stars

Jack's Garden by Henry Cole is a wonderful book about a young boy's flower garden and how it grows throughout the year. I read it each spring to my story hour children, and then we all plant sunflower seeds. As the seeds begin to grow into plants, we re-read the book and talk about what's happening. This book's beautiful illustrations do the best job I've ever seen of showing how the garden and its flowers develop through each stage from bare earth and tiny seeds to seedlings, young plants, buds, and finally blooming flowers. Extra drawings and labels in the margins identify garden tools, parts of a plant, types of seeds, insects, birds & bird eggs, and other wonderful tidbits. The cumulative text (think of "The House that Jack Built") builds up the idea of the garden developing and growing one stage at a time. I consider this one of Henry Cole's finest picture books, and that's saying a lot!

Summary of Jack's Garden

"Building on a rhyme that will be familiar to many children, author-illustrator Cole creates an enticing guide to creating a garden. 'This is the garden that Jack planted...' The final illustration presents a satisfied-looking boy surrounded by a lush, bird-filled flower garden....A concluding page of gardening suggestions serves as a springboard to books with more specific guidelines."--Horn Book.

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