This year we are going to try to install a garden at my son's elementary school. These are some of the books I have found useful for research and teaching.
The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayer is the first book I've found on the life cycle of the bumblebee. Most books focus on honeybees, so this book is valuable in telling the facts about a native bee, and she does mention bees in Canada, which many American authors just tend to ignore!
Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots: Activities to Do in the Garden by Sharon Lovejoy is a wonderful source of inspiration for creating different kinds of children's gardens, like a snacking and sipping garden, a pizza patch, a Zuni waffle garden, and the moon garden. The illustrations are whimsical and seductive and will make you wish you had an acre or two to transform into gardens.
Are You a Bee? by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries is an Up the Garden Path Series book which asks the reader if he or she has the qualities that bees have. It's a great way of getting students to see life from a bee's eye view. It's an especially great book for girls because the illustrations of beekeepers are all women.
Grow It, Cook It: Simple Gardening projects and delicious recipes is a new DK publication with full colour photo-layouts that will get your mouth watering for home-made treats. The recipes are all broken down visually, so even your youngest child could help pitch in with the process.
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