My Father's Hands
by Joanne Ryder
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A girl's father digs in the garden, finding and presenting for inspection such wonders as a round gold beetle and a leaf-green mantis.Tags
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My father loves this story and uses it annually to teach some aspect of poetry, but I just enjoy its simple beauty and wonderful phrasing.
“ My father’s hands are big and strong, scooping up earth and lifting sacks of seeds. “ This is a book that shows a little girl and her father working in the garden. He father shows her the wonders of the garden. It is about the excitement of discovering things and the relationship between a parent and child.
The little girl watches her father garden. As she watches him garden she wonders what the other bugs and insects think. Her father helps take one off her shoulder and she watches how he uses his hands.
Age 3-5
Source Amazon
Age 3-5
Source Amazon
A little girl watching for his daddy working on their garden. He touch the soil with bare hand and bring her the worm and show her the beetle and also the green leaf.
Age : 3-6
Source : Amazon
Age : 3-6
Source : Amazon
this is about a little girl that knows dad's hands are safe so nothing in his hands will harm her.
In this book is a father sharing his insect finds with his daughter, with obvious love for each other showing in the pages. Book Review
3-6 years
Tacoma Public Library-Wheelock Branch
3-6 years
Tacoma Public Library-Wheelock Branch
Intro to one way to tell memoir, anecdote; easy to make connections for children with older relatives
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Joanne Ryder studied journalism at Marquette University. For several years she was an editor of children's books in New York, before she quit to write full-time. Ryder is an award-winning author whose books offer a unique blend of poetry and science. Her Just for a Day series invites children into the world of wild animals, ranging from a sea show more otter to Tyrannosaurus rex. Ryder's book, The Snail's Spell, won a New York Academy of Sciences Book Award. She has been named three times in the annual list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children by a joint committee of the Children's Book Council and the National Science Teachers Association. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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