My Garden
Author: Kevin Henkes
Illustrator: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Year of Publication: 2010
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Horn Book: 1
Summary: A little girl helps her mom out in her garden. The girls imagination takes her for a wild ride.
Summary of Professional Reviews: In a whimsical flight of fancy, a little girl helping her mother in the garden imagines what her own ideal garden would be like. Joyful illustrations combine circular images on the story’s opening and concluding pages that show the little girl working in her real garden, with full-page images in between that explode with her colorful imaginings, one of which inspires her to plant a seashell in her family garden at story’s end.Even as the story elevates the wonders of nature into the realm of the fanciful, it reminds readers to appreciate everyday flowers and soil.
Review by Kim Beers: In the beginning of the book is states what the little girl sees in her garden. It then asked the reader what they see in their garden. I feel like that as a great idea for the author to invite the child to want to read more about the book. It was a great way to pull students in and get them interested by asking a question. Some of the illustrations portrayed the real garden while the other half of the photo showed how the little girl viewed the garden. It was wonderful to see both of the images of the garden.
This book would
be useful when teaching…
My Garden would be useful when teaching the difference between imaginary and real things. The teacher can list the things the little girl in the book sees in the garden and the students can distinguish which items are real and which are not.
My Garden would be useful when teaching about the environment of plants, vegetables, and fruits. The teacher can talk about the different things that are needed for things in nature to grow and the process that the things in the garden go through.
Illustrator: Kevin Henkes
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Year of Publication: 2010
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Horn Book: 1
Summary: A little girl helps her mom out in her garden. The girls imagination takes her for a wild ride.
Summary of Professional Reviews: In a whimsical flight of fancy, a little girl helping her mother in the garden imagines what her own ideal garden would be like. Joyful illustrations combine circular images on the story’s opening and concluding pages that show the little girl working in her real garden, with full-page images in between that explode with her colorful imaginings, one of which inspires her to plant a seashell in her family garden at story’s end.Even as the story elevates the wonders of nature into the realm of the fanciful, it reminds readers to appreciate everyday flowers and soil.
Review by Kim Beers: In the beginning of the book is states what the little girl sees in her garden. It then asked the reader what they see in their garden. I feel like that as a great idea for the author to invite the child to want to read more about the book. It was a great way to pull students in and get them interested by asking a question. Some of the illustrations portrayed the real garden while the other half of the photo showed how the little girl viewed the garden. It was wonderful to see both of the images of the garden.
This book would
be useful when teaching…
My Garden would be useful when teaching the difference between imaginary and real things. The teacher can list the things the little girl in the book sees in the garden and the students can distinguish which items are real and which are not.
My Garden would be useful when teaching about the environment of plants, vegetables, and fruits. The teacher can talk about the different things that are needed for things in nature to grow and the process that the things in the garden go through.