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	• Roots Shoots Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children Sharon Lovejoy Workman Publishing, 1999 average customer review:based on 30 reviews
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highly recommended

Lots of creative ideas!!!

I love this book!! There are so many creative ideas to get kids involved in gardening!!! I can't wait to try them!!

Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots

Amazing book. Colorful, easy to read and easy to follow directions. Our sons are enjoying their garden already. Amazingly easy.

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Light hearted drawings and magical ideas

With lyrical watercolors this lively text explains how to create 12 child-friendly theme gardens, including both a moon garden and a pizza garden. I simply had to buy this book, because even though I'm not gardening with children, I enjoy dreaming up and planting fun theme gardens.
I included this book in my article "25 Best Books For Hobby Farmers", in the November/December 2006 issue of Hobby Farms magazine.

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good book, and a warning for parents of small children

This book is excellent. The idea is wonderful, the illustrations are beautiful; it makes a great gift; it's very inspiring. My three small boys were very excited about helping in the garden this year, and we paged through the book many times, trying to decide which project to start with.

However, I was shocked to discover that Moonflowers (recommended for the Moon Garden) are not as child-friendly as I assumed! I started some Moonflower vines from seed which didn't do as well once I transplanted them. It came up in conversation and I was told of a relative who almost died from eating something from this plant; recently there was a report on the news of college-age kids who were "pre-comatose" from eating the pods. Of course, you should always keep an eye on kids, and teach them not to eat anything in the garden without permission. But if you have small children, you know something is bound to go in their mouths that shouldn't, at some point. Many plants have poisonous parts, including tomato plants and foxgloves. If you have small children, be sure you know what you planted!!

Overall, I LOVE this book and look forward to trying more of the ideas in it, next spring.

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Inspiration Celebration!

As an elementary teacher and a future parent, I am absolutely in love with this book. Sharon Lovejoy's ideas have started my own mind to reel with possibilities and garden projects. Not only are her ideas clever and creative, but she clearly explains the entire process, from planning and preparing to ways to celebrate the harvest! Right off the bat, the book opens with "20 plants every child's garden must have". From vegetables to flowers, handmade dolls, homegrown houses for our feathered friends, mazes, and pizza gardens to sunflower houses, this book is such a gift to anyone who wishes to instill the "sense of wonder".

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