Up, Down, and Around

By Katherine Ayres

Book Overview

This garden is on the move A good-time, rollicking celebration of things that grow. PEPPERS GROW UP.POTATOES GROW DOWN.PUMPKINS VINE AROUND AND AROUND. From seeds dropping into soil to corn bursting from its stalks, from children chasing butterflies to ants burrowing underground, everything in this vibrant picture book pulses with life in all directions Sprightly illustrations set the mood for a rhythmic text that follows nature s course to a final feast of backyard bounty."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763623784
• ISBN13: 9780763623784
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Gardening fun

This book put a different point of view on growing vegetables. My students loved the great pictures and the silly point of view!

Great Toddler Book

We have our own garden & have really enjoyed this book! My two year old loves the pictures & compares it to "mommy's garden" everytime we read it.

My baby LOVES this!

My son is addicted to this book. He received it from his daycare mom at Christmastime when he was 4 months old. Needless to say as soon as he could crawl he would go over to this book--only this book (he has a HUGE library) and flip through the pages. He is happy to have Daddy or Mommy read it to him or just to look at the book himself. Now 9 months later I have to buy him a new copy due to wear and tear!

Vegetable awareness, organic gardening, vegetarian fun!

This book is great in so many ways. My 15 mo. old loves it because it has a fun rhythm to it and because he hunts for little things on each page (the kitty, the dog, the butterflies, the vegetables). I like it because it shows kids how plants grow "Corn grows up. Carrots grow down. Cucumbers climb around and around. Peppers grow up. Potatoes grow down. Pumpkins vine around and around...." I also like that the children are gardening with their dad, and that this is (apparently) an organic garden...happy bugs, butterflies, worms, and birds are shown ALL over the plants (in a cute way, and a real way...not a gross way). At the end the family harvests their veggies and creates a veggie stew. Fabulous, positive book...makes natural gardening look fun, and kids learn about plants, too!

Love it!

My children(ages 3 & 4) love this book! We read it before we planted our garden this year and they got much more involved and can't wait to try their vegetables! Vivid colors and simple words make this book enjoyable and easy to understand.