{"id":8859,"date":"2014-10-30T02:34:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8859"},"modified":"2014-10-21T05:51:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T12:51:13","slug":"more-gardening-books-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/more-gardening-books-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"More Gardening Books for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I listed three popular gardening books for children based on my observations at RHS library. Here are some other books that can be bought from Amazon by clicking on the cover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/140532810X\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/140532810X.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8216;Grow It Eat It&#8217; is a book for adults and kids to work on together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0746056583\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0746056583.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&#8216;Starting Gardening&#8217; sets out simple gardening skills in a fun manner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1897675402\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1897675402.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you think gardeners are getting younger then look at this Activity book for 3-5 year olds .<br \/>\n&#8216;&#8230;All the activities are designed to develop important preschool skills and are based on the Areas of Learning for under-fives recommended by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.&#8217; I am in favour of Kids learning but do we need gardening on the under 5&#8217;s curriculum?<br \/>\nI recently spent six months voluteering at the RHS library. I was amazed at the enthusiasm and interest of children in books and garden related matters.<br \/>\nBelow is just a small selection of books that may make unexpected stocking fillers for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0761110569\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0761110569.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Roots, Shoots, Buckets and Boots: Gardening Together with Children&#8217; by <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0761110569\/richardpettin-21\">Sharron Lovejoy<\/a> includes themed gardens like the &#8220;Pizza Patch&#8221; and the &#8220;Moon Garden&#8221;, and a list of the top 20 plants for children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0852650981\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0852650981.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Playground Potting Shed: A Foolproof Guide to Gardening with Children&#8217; by <a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0852650981\/richardpettin-21\">Dominic Murphy <\/a> will inspire young people to get gardening whether at home or at school.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1405352388\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1405352388.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The RHS starts off with the ever popular <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-sunflowers-with-children\/\">Sunflower<\/a> on the cover of &#8216;Ready, Steady, Grow&#8217;. The book includes details of quick and easy garden projects<\/p>\n<p>Books can be ordered from Amazon by clicking on the images above.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gardeners Tips Links <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/\">The Royal Horticultural Society <\/a> (RHS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/\">Alpine Garden Society<\/a> (AGS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See our sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/\">Gardening Products<\/a> for tips and ideas on Garden products new and old.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=pansy=&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=Pansy&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> search for seeds and plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Young Gardeners Reading<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage kids to read the information on the back of seed packets and seed catalogues<\/li>\n<li>Read gardening features in newspapers.<\/li>\n<li>Borrow library books about insects, gardens and ecology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Next Generation Gardeners Reading<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage kids to read the information on the back of seed packets and seed catalogues<\/li>\n<li>Read gardening features in newspapers.<\/li>\n<li>Borrow library books about insects, gardens and ecology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The current generation of gardeners may know that the RHS publish a wide range of gardening books that are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=gardening&amp;tag=richardpettin-21&amp;index=blended&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738#\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=rhs&amp;rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Arhs\">amazon<\/a> many of which are priced at a reasonable discount.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9593\">Growing at School<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month I listed three popular gardening books for children based on my observations at RHS library. Here are some other books that can be bought from Amazon by clicking on the cover. &#8216;Grow It Eat It&#8217; is a book for adults and kids to work on together. &#8216;Starting Gardening&#8217; sets out simple gardening skills in a fun manner. If you think gardeners are getting younger then look at this Activity book for 3-5 year olds . &#8216;&#8230;All the activities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/more-gardening-books-for-kids\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}