Jack's Garden
- Book Review,
by Henry Cole (Illustrator)
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2?A cumulative story that traces a little boy's backyard flower garden from tilling the soil to enjoying the blossoms. The text delightfully catalogs the process in a take-off on the old rhyme "This Is the House That Jack Built." As the garden takes shape, readers see seedlings sprout and bud, flowers open, insects and birds visit and, at last, a lovely garden in full bloom. Each double-page spread is done in soft colored pencils on various colored background. The borders contain detailed labeled drawings of tools, insects, birds, eggs, and, of course, flowers. Instructions for starting a garden complete the presentation. A pretty book rather than a how-to, this would be helpful in a primary setting to introduce gardening or the growth cycle.?Beth Tegart, Oneida City Schools, NYCopyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Booklist, 4/1/95
Ages 4-9. A great way to show how the parts of nature connect and grow together... Cole is an elementary-school science teacher, and his nature drawings in colored pencil on colored paper make for joyful learning, both precise and lovely. Refers to reinforced trade edition.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-9. "This is the garden that Jack planted." Cumulative words and pictures are a great way to show how the parts of nature connect and grow together. In the first framed picture, the boy Jack stands in jeans, baseball cap, and sneakers--one hand on hip, the other holding his shovel, like the archetypal farmer in American Gothic confronting the world. Then, each double-page spread shows an additional link ("these are the insects that sipped nectar from the flowers . . . that grew from the seedlings that sprouted with the rain . . . that fell on the soil that made up the garden that Jack planted" ). Around each framed picture, small, labeled illustrations show the links in increasing detail: the names and types of seed, tools, clouds, and insects. Cole is an elementary-school science teacher, and his nature drawings in colored pencil on colored paper make for joyful learning, both precise and lovely. Hazel Rochman
The Horn Book
"Building on a rhyme that will be familiar to many children,...
Book Description
"Building on a rhyme that will be familiar to many children, author-illustrator Cole creates an enticing guide to creating a garden. 'This is the garden that Jack planted...' The final illustration presents a satisfied-looking boy surrounded by a lush, bird-filled flower garden....A concluding page of gardening suggestions serves as a springboard to books with more specific guidelines."--Horn Book.
Card catalog description
Cumulative text and illustrations depict what happens in Jack's garden after he plants his seeds.
From the Publisher
Come to the garden that Jack built. You'll see seeds and seedlings, buds and leaves, birds and bugs and butterflies. And best of all, you'll watch the garden bloom! Ages 3 up.
About the Author
Henry Cole grew up on a farm raising cows and chickens and pigs, but no horses. Eventually, he traded in his farm tools for art supplies and flew the coop. He scrambled across the state and made his way to Washington, D.C., where he's been creating children's books ever since. Because Henry never puts all his eggs in one basket, his list of egg-cellent books including Jack's Garden and I Took a Walk, as well as the Little Bo series by Julie Andrews Edwards.
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