Jordan Zwetchkenbaum's My Pollinator Garden gives young readers and listeners a up close and personal look at the many critters who carry pollen from one plant 🌼 🌸 to another so they can make seeds. We tend to think of bees in this role. But wasps, flies, butterflies 🦋, humming birds, and even bats play a part in this important activity.
With many pollinators endangered kids and families can help protect them by planting special pollinators. This fine book gives advice on getting into this important and rewarding hobby. It has a great bibliography for kids who want to read more on the subject.
Kirsten Pendreigh's When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power gives young readers and listeners a bird's eye view of the life cycle of a tree.
As a tree grows it shelters a number of forest creatures. But what happens when it falls?
It becomes a nurse log nurturing and sheltering a wide variety of flora and fauna in many important ways...
...including a brand new tree.
Maine is full of forests with fallen trees. A good family activity would be to read When a Tree Falls and then go into the woods to examine nurse logs in real life.
On a purrrsonal note, the budding gardeners who tend the plants in the Orono Public Library's Children's Garden are big time pollinator fans and avid students of nature. Those kids are terrific!!! I'm so enjoying getting to know them as I photograph them for the library's social media. Yesterday it was really hot out and some of the kids were resting in the shade. They discovered my backpack and were playing with the Keychain critters. They really liked them. I promised them that next Tuesday I'll bring in a bag of critters they can keep. They're so excited!!! That will be so much fun!!!
A great big shout out goes out to our young gardeners, parent volunteers, library staff, and the library itself which is such a vital part of the Orono community.
Jules Hathaway
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