Seeds in Soil

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Planting a Garden and Finding Your Roots

Susan Apps-Bodilly

A seeds-to-supper guide for the whole family to learn together about gardening science and history. Includes recipes and projects to make the most of these nature lessons!

160 pages, 8 x 9, 142 color and b&w photos
Paperback: $18.95 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-985-7
Ebook: $12.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-986-4
Publication Date: 5/10/2022

Reading Level: Ages 8–11

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Description

Take learning outdoors and empower young readers to plant their own gardens while digging deeper into related science and history lessons in this soil-to-supper book designed for kids and adults to use together. Seeds in Soil is packed with hands-on activities, fun projects, and fresh recipes, providing opportunities for kids to observe, explore, and ask questions while engaging their natural curiosity. The book's lessons are great for aspiring gardeners, whether working with a whole yard, a community or school garden, or a planter on a balcony or patio.

Written by a longtime educator, Seeds in Soil includes engaging lessons about the science of climate, soil, and pollinators and connections to history through the stories of First Nations and immigrant gardeners. Told through the author’s family stories and experience, Seeds in Soil will get kids and adults having fun in the garden!

Author Bio

Susan Apps-Bodilly is a retired elementary and middle-school educator. She is the author of One Room Schools and coauthor with Jerry Apps of Timber!, Old Farm Country Cookbook, and Old Farm Country Christmas, all published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.