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Brown. P. (2009). //The curious garden.// New York: Little Brown and Company.

Image Retrieved July 12, 2011 from [|http://www.flr.follett.com].

Liam lives in the city and loves to explore. He finds an abandoned railway overpass that has a few struggling plants. He decides to give it some attention and is amazed at what just a little love and water can do. The garden does some exploring on its own. Liam learns how a garden lives during the seasons, and learns the garden's greatest gift.

Author: Peter Brown's Website

[|Educator's Guide]

** Beautifying the City Art ** The //**Curious Garden**// by Peter Brown is a magical story about a young boy and how he pursues his dream of beautifying the world, one step and one person at a time. The little boy inspires a city full of people to transform their drab environment into a lush garden. ** Follow-up Craft Activity ** Children will create their own cityscape garden as viewed in the photograph. The paper would be held down by using painter's masking tape. The children would paint the skyline blue and ground green for grass. After they would paint the outline of the buildings black. Tissue paper would be torn and scrunched representing flowers. Retrieved July 22, 2011 from http://www.kinderplans.com/content.cfm?pageid=160

EPA Environmental Kids Club Earth Friendly Activities for Little People

Essential Questions: 1. Why do you think the garden started to grow after Liam started to care for it?

2. What benefit did the garden bring to the city?

3. Imagine an unusual place where you could start a garden.


 * Activity - The garden in your neighborhood**

Using a Google Map of the school neighborhood, have students identify an area that could benefit from a garden. Students need to discuss why that area needs a garden and what are the benefits and possible drawbacks. Students can plan their garden using drawing, or cut out photos of plants and flowers. If possible, assist students in contacting someone about planting the garden and caring for it.

Cynthia Stogdill