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2009 Growing Good Kidssm
Excellence in Children's LIterature
Award Winners 
unveiled at the
AHS 17th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
on July 24 at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens
growing good kids book awards

GROWING GOOD KIDSsm
2009 Book Award Winners
AgriLife Press Release
AHS Press Release (PDF)
2009 Winners Rack Card (PDF)

 

 

Title and Credits

Age

Synopsis

2009 GGK Apple Pip Princess

Apple-Pip Princess

Jane Ray

4-12

Once there was a kingdom full of laughter, happiness, trees,
and birdsong. But when the queen dies, the land becomes quiet and
barren, and everyone is filled with sadness. What will make the
kingdom bloom again? Can Serenity, the youngest of three princesses,
bring hope and life back to her kingdom with a single apple pip — a
precious seed left to her by her mother? This original fairy tale is brought
to life and exquisitely illustrated by the internationally renowned Jane Ray.

2009 GGK Winner-Flip-Float-Fly

Flip, Float, Fly: Seds on the Move
JoAnn Early Macken
 Illus by
Pam Paparone

4-10

A gust of wind lifts a maple seed, sending it spinning like a shiny green
helicopter through the sky. Where will it land? From splashing away in
a raindrop to scurrying with scampering squirrels to hitching rides on
your sleeves and socks, seeds have many ingenious ways of traveling
to new places, growing roots, and beginning the cycle again.

2009 GGK Winner -Big-Yellow-Sunflower
Big Yellow Sunflower
Frances Barry

3-8

A seed is falling to the ground. What will it be? Turn the
shaped pages as a mole, a worm, a snail, a bird, a bee,
and other creatures watch the seed take root and sprout
up through the soil. As each page fans out revealing a
bright splash of yellow, a gigantic sunflower unfolds in a
brilliant display. Explore the wonders of things that grow!


The Junior Master Gardener Program and the American Horticultural Society honor engaging, inspiring works of plant, garden and ecology-themed children's literature through the new
"Growing Good Kids - Excellence in Children's Literature Awards" Program.

This award recognizes a select group of children's books that are especially effective at promoting an understanding of and appreciation for gardening and the environment.

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2007
2008

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2010

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