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 KIDSsm 2009 Book Award Winners AgriLife Press Release AHS Press Release (PDF) 2009 Winners Rack Card (PDF)
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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.
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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.
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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.
American Horticultural Society Junior Master Gardener
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