Uncle John's City Garden

Goodreads Review:
How does this city garden grow? With help from L’il Sissy and her siblings--and love, love, love! A celebration of nature, family, and food.

Visiting the city from her home in the suburbs, an African American girl sees how a few packets of seeds, some helping hands, and hard work transform an empty lot in a housing project into a magical place where vegetables grow and family gathers. It’s the magic of nature in the heart of the city!

Bernette Ford’s autobiographical story is a loving glimpse at a girl, her siblings, and her uncle, and their shared passion for farming. L’l Sissy’s fascination with measurement, comparison, and estimation introduces children to STEM concepts. And the progress of Uncle John’s show more garden introduces readers to the life cycle of plants.

Frank Morrison, winner of multiple Coretta Scott King awards and an NAACP Image Award, depicts dramatic cityscapes as well as the luscious colors and textures of Nature. show less

This book was about 3 siblings growing vegetables in their uncles garden throughout the summer. They went everyday and worked hard to pull weeds and tend to their line of veggies. They finally were able to harvest them and had a big feast at the end to celebrate the outcome. This book would be good to read to children in 1st-3rd grade to teach them about hard work and what read you sow.

Uncle John's City Garden discusses gardening in a city. It teaches patience, and how much work goes into the food we eat. I would use this in class by creating a class garden.

This book is about a young girl and her family who visit their uncle in the summer. They take a city lot and turn it into a garden!
This book would be great to use in a classroom as a diverse book that highlights the importance of creativity and shares some information about the fun of gardening.

Primary. This book is about three young kids and their Uncle John making a garden in the city. Their garden was very plentiful.
This book would be a good addition to my collection of books about family and living in the city.

This book is about a little girl who gets to plant in her uncle's city garden. She is very excited to watch her plants grow. This would be a great book to read for read-aloud and maybe have kids plant something in your classroom.