Lily’s Victory Garden
by Helen L. Wilbur, illustrated by Robert Gantt Steele
During World War II, the government encourages citizens to plant Victory Gardens to ease the strain on food resources, and Lily really wants to participate. She is too young to get a plot in the town square, but bravely asks a neighbor if she can use part of their garden. That family has lost a son in the war, and has not tended their own garden of late, but reluctantly lets Lily work there. As she gets better at gardening, she also brings a bit of joy back to the grieving mother. Life comes again. The soft watercolors reflect the quiet tone of the book. It’s not an ideal choice for storytime, but would work nicely in a classroom setting and as a picture book for older children.Give this book with seeds and gardening tools or look for more Ways to Give a Picture Book or over a hundred other Ways to Give a Book this holiday season.
The Letter V
Book: The Ugly Vegetables, by Grace Lin
Book: This is the Van that Dad Cleaned, by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Song: “The Wheels on the Van”
(Yeah, “The Wheels on the Bus” song adapted as needed.)Book: The Village of Basketeers, by Lynda Gene Rymond
Book: Violet’s Music, by Angela Johnson
Book: Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin, by Lloyd Moss
Song: “What Begins with V?”
(to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”)Alternate Books: Violet the Pilot, by Steve Breen, or Odd Velvet, by Mary Whitcomb
What begins with V?
What begins with V?
We all know, we’ll tell you so.
What begins with V?
Violin begins with V.
Violin begins with V.
We all know, we’ll tell you so.
Violin begins with V.
(and so on)
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10 comments:
We just read Violet the Pilot as it is a nominee for our state award this year. The kids had lots of fun dissecting Violet's inventions!
Ha! I thought of another one (although it took several minutes)-- The Vegetable Alphabet, by Jerry Pallotta.
I love ZIn, Zin, Zin... but I'll have to look the other ones up.
I adore Zin Zin Violin! My daughter just went to the symphony, and this will be the book we read tonight!
I've not read Zin, Zin, Zin, but I'll have to find it. I've actually got two today.
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly ... girl power.
Vegetable Dreams / Huerto Sonado - a bilingual book about a young girl and an elderly neighbor planting a garden.
The Very Busy Spider is another wonderful "V" book.
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Favorites are: Very Hungry Catapliller and Violet the Pilot.
How about Very Hairy Bear by Schertle or A Visitor for Bear by Becker?
Very Hungry Caterpillar!
There are lots of wonderful versions of The Velveteen Rabbit out there. We have a beautiful one illustrated by Donna Green.
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