Hermie's Garden Cleanup [With 3 Crayons]

By Max Lucado

A "colorful" and interactive way to learn about taking care of the Earth. Join Hermie and all the garden friends as they learn to take better care of the garden that God has given them. The garden is a mess with things don't belong or were not put in their proper place. Hermie and Wormie suggest a big garden clean up. Children will mark an X on the things that don't belong in the garden, i.e. the ladybugs toys or the Buzby's drink. Then, kids will count every "x" that doesn't belong in the garden. Finally, they color a beautiful garden scene the way God made it to look. As a special feature, the book has write-on/wipe-off pages, so children can enjoy drawing and coloring pictures over and over again. Packaged with the book are 3 double-sided crayons for a total of 6 different colors with a storage compartment and 12 write-on/wipe-off pages.

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400312787
• ISBN13: 9781400312788
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.9" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Kindergarten

Customer Reviews

Religious theme and for children with fine motor skills.

I was unaware of a not so subtle Christian religious theme when purchasing this for my four year old grandson. It won't offend his parents or other grandparents, but I would not purchase this for say any clinical or educational use (counseling or private or public preschool) because of the intrusion of religion. It helps children with owning reponsibility for cleaning-up after themselves. "Draw an X through the things that _____ must put away" is an excellent strategy, especially when the washable crayons allows the adult-led interactive activity to be used with regularity or with multiple children. Fine motor skills are needed on some of the durable pages to draw specific items, a skill my little Peanut will master with or near completion of first grade. It might be fun for a parent to take digital pictures of the more earnest (or fill-in the word here: hilarious, inspired, etc.) of the tot's efforts, to compare with later ones. It is a well-constructed, durable product that should entertain both the adult and child, but would recommend purchasing it for children who are either in first or early 2nd grade. It may be used earlier for coloring and identifying objects to be cleaned-up, but not the drawing activities (unless you have a gifted artist, or one who does not get frustrated with being normal!)

Garden Clean Up

I bought these books for little children and was well pleased with the book, the arrival time, etc. Bonnie Cadwell