Recommendations: House & Yard
Use the Chair/Sofa, Single/Double Bed, Rake/Shovel pages and other drawings in "But Not Quite!" as motivators for the following. Click on the title to see more about the product; click on the "buy from" button to add the product to your Amazon.com shopping cart.
Birth to 5 Years
Book
Under the Bed By Bright & Cort Monsters live under a boy's bed in this rhyming tale of how those monsters are more afraid of the boy than he is of them.
$11.20
3-12 Years
Book
Milly, Molly, and Jimmy's Seeds By Pittar & Morrell A fun story about the gardening efforts of three elementary school children. Use it as a catalyst for older children to start a garden project.
$9.95
4-12 Years
Book
The Pumpkin Book By Gail Gibbons All you wanted to know about pumpkins and more - the history, growing them, carving them, drying their seeds... (Find the pumpkin on the Red/Orange page of "But Not Quite!")
$11.87
Birth-6 Years
Book
Flora's Surprise By Debi Gliori Flora's patience in "growing a brick" pays off in the end and also teaches that sometimes one needs to look at things in different ways.
$11.17
9-12 Years
Book
Peter's Chair By Ezra Jack Keats Peter is understandably upset when his blue furniture is painted pink for the arrival of a new baby sister. This book provides an interesting way to introduce a new baby to an older sibling.
$6.99
3 Years & Up
Toy
Red Wheelbarrow By Radio Flyer There's no limit to the possibilities of using a wheelbarrow. Help children build their imagination through stuffed animal rides, hauling groceries, moving dirt...
$29.99
7-14 Years
Toy
Wee Enchanted Garden Kit By Creativity for Kids All the ingredients are here to grow an enchanted garden - seeds, paints, shells, rocks, plastic animals - even a fairy cottage.
$21.99
3-12 Years
Book
Johnny Appleseed By Steven Kellog Steven Kellog's illustrations wonderfully depict this story of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed.
