Guinea Pigs Go Gardening
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Discover how to grow fruit and vegetables in this sweet storyebook about curious guinea pigs for 3- to 5-year-olds.
Visit Bob and Ginger the guinea pigs in their garden and learn how they grow delicious fruits and vegetables in this colorful picture ebook.
Bob and Ginger the guinea pigs plant delicious fruit and vegetables in their garden, enough to last them through the year. They love to nibble on lettuce, radishes, peppers, peas, pumpkins, apples, and watermelon. Follow Bob and Ginger as they clear the garden of weeds, make compost to help their plants grow big, plant seeds, and finally harvest their crops, ready to make delicious treats like apple pie...
Cheerful illustrations by Kate Sheehy bring a rainbow of fruit and vegetables to life, from vibrant red strawberries to glossy green spinach. Children will love following Bob and Ginger as the adorable guinea pigs discover the ups and downs of gardening. After planting their crops, everything seems to be going well until the guinea pigs discover slimy slugs munching on their vegetables, and pesky pigeons diving for their strawberries! Will Bob and Ginger ever get the chance to eat their lovely fruits and vegetables?
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Blue-gray Bob and pumpkin-colored Ginger, both anthropomorphic gourd-shaped guinea pigs with thin-lined features, are best friends who adore working in their shared garden, each winter planning the following year's yield. Come spring, the two weed the plot, augment the soil with their homemade compost (made from "fallen leaves, straw, vegetable scraps, and cut grass... as well as used cardboard and newspaper"), measure rows, and plant seeds. Predators, including slugs and pigeons, prove pesky, but the rodents prevail, harvesting their crops and making jam and pie with the bounty. Sheehy's illustrations beguilingly recall vintage picture books in both style and color palette; occasional scrawled notations indicate supplemental facts ("Plants use light to make their own food"). The detailed narrative may lose the attention of casual readers, but those interested in horticulture will appreciate each detailed how-to. Endpapers include gardening tips and information on pollination and pollinators. Ages 3–5.
