Gardening Books for Kids
Saw this post on INK and it might be useful to those of you needing gardening books. Apparently, there’s an award list created by the American Horticultural Society.
View ArticleVegetable Cookery For Kids
I picked up a copy of a magazine called Chop Chop “The fun cooking magazine for families” at a local New Balance shoe store. I have to say the magazine looks great. High quality content. It would be a...
View ArticleApril’s Favorite Apple Salad
In anticipation of Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant being released, I’m sharing my version of Waldorf salad. We don’t keep mayo around the house. So I just cut up the apples, add celery, pecans, and...
View ArticleCranberries Sour Over Go, Go, Grapes
Alas, so sorry, cranberries! We could not fit you into Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant which is coming out May 22. Go ahead and be sour. We love your sourness. Tart is art, we say! Here are a few...
View ArticleMore Fruit Not In Go, Go, Grapes: A Fruit Chant
A few more fruit that did not fit in Go, Go, Grapes: gooseberries and black raspberries. It included red raspberries. But here are black raspberries. They grow wild here but are also raised...
View ArticleGo, Go, Grapes: A Fruit Chant
Okay, so I’m more than a little bit excited about Go, Go, Grapes: A Fruit Chant (Release date May 22, 2012 by Beach Lane Books/S&S). Kirkus subscribers can see the Kirkus review of the book...
View ArticleFruit and Go Seek
Fruit-and-Go-Seek! Here’s a list of fruits and fruit parts in the last spread of Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant (Release date: May 22, 2012) Find them in the book if you can! apples (whole) apple...
View ArticleWhat’s Hiding in Go, Go, Grapes: a Fruit Chant
Try hunting for these vegetables, words, and objects that appear in the photos with fruit. A red checkered tablecloth A molcajete, a large stone version of a mortar and pestle. I bought this one at El...
View ArticleLearning Fruits and French
Last summer we visited the Jean-Talon Market in Montréal. Don’t go too early, as we did, because most of the farmers arrive a bit later than our farmers here in the Midwest. But wow, the displays are...
View ArticleThe Huckleberry Confusion
The Huckleberry Confusion—is it a novel? No. It’s just that huckleberry is a slippery word. It refers to various berries of the Vaccinium genus. (Blueberries are also in the Vaccinium genus.) In the...
View ArticleDurian Fruit: The Smelly Prize
Durian, oh prickly one. Here’s a photo of the durian that the kind folks at Saigon Market allowed me to create in the back of their store. When I created this photo, it was in a stanza that involved...
View ArticleVegetable Art, Trout Trees and More!
I had the pleasure of visiting Pioneer Elementary in March. Wow, the art teacher was a burst of creativity, working on such incredible projects with the kids. Many other teachers were doing amazing...
View ArticleCherimoya
Jeff and I were first introduced to this fruit on a long guided bus ride through Ecuador. The driver stopped by a fruit stand, bought some cherimoya, cut it up and offered it to all the passengers. The...
View ArticleThose Mysterious Fruit on the Tree
I received this inquiry regarding my new book, GO, GO, GRAPES: A Fruit Chant: Dear Ms. Sayre, Would you kindly tell me what kind of fruit is pictured on the page that reads: “treats from trees and from...
View ArticleGo Go Grapes Salutes Revolutionaries!
Love these folks! They’ll pump you up for changing the world, whether it relates to veggies, or not! First, here are some inspiring TED talks about vegetable garden power: Stephen Ritz: A Teacher...
View ArticleRah Rah Radishes…going beyond the plate
My eyes are peeled for resources that connect to children’s nutrition. Here’s what’s come across my platter recently. First, Annette Triplett from the University of Missouri extension office shared...
View ArticleLet’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat
Let’s Go Nuts! Seeds We Eat is a chant which introduces children to beans, nuts, grains, and spice seeds. Endmatter explains why seeds don’t grow inside our stomachs, why seeds are such great food, and...
View ArticleTips for Helping Kids Try New Foods
Preschool teachers rock! This teacher’s joy lifts my spirits every time I watch the video. While signing Rah, Rah, Radishes and Go, Go, Grapes last year in Atlanta, I met this fabulous teacher who...
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