Falcons Flying Further
Gardening Edition
Everyone is Gardening!
More and more people are becoming interested in gardening these days. You and your family may be planting a backyard garden . Many of our teachers are planting gardens this year too!
Ms. Hill's Garden
Mrs. Oakley's Daughter Kaia in Their Garden
Mrs. Krisanda's Chickens
Silent Spring
Carson's passionate concern for the future of our planet reverberated powerfully throughout the world, and her eloquent book was instrumental in launching the environmental movement. It is without question one of the landmark books of the twentieth century.https://ncdigital.overdrive.com/media/574189
Rocks, Dirt, Worms and Weeds
Let writer and gardener Jeff Hutton show you and your kids how to grow your own food and your favorite flowers, attract butterflies, create crafts, and more. Teach your children how to start garden seeds indoors as well as how to prepare soil, plant seeds, and transplant seedlings. https://ncdigital.overdrive.com/media/800730
Small-Space Container Gardens
Small-Space Container Gardens layers practical gardening fundamentals with creative solutions, encouraging us to think "outside the pot." https://ncdigital.overdrive.com/media/991973
Down to Earth
ds all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks. From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables—and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters—even to kids.https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/jlgdigital-free
The Secret Garden
A 10-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden. http://www.read.gov/books/secret-garden.html
Published on the fiftieth anniversary of her seminal book, Silent Spring, here is an indelible new portrait of Rachel Carson, founder of the environmental movement.https://ncdigital.overdrive.com/media/800130