Description
Compost: A Family Guide to Making Soil from Scraps Book is a hardcover guide-style book that teaches children about composting. This book reads like a family guide to making soil from scraps. It teaches children what compost is, the different types of composting, steps to building your own composting heap, and more. It also includes experiments, like going into the woods and digging a hole to look at the soil, and pull-out activities, like a worm measuring chart, a ‘can I compost it’ spinner and 4 sticker sheets. Throughout the book are interesting tidbits about worms, different soil types, and other related composting plants and animals. This children’s book about composting contains a total of 48 pages. The book’s dimensions are 8.5 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches.
Author: Ben Raskin
For children ages 3-7 years old.
Why we like it at Happy Little Tadpole:
Composting is a wonderful practice that enables people to put nutrients back into the soil while simultaneously creating less waste. This book is a great introduction to composting for children. We love how informative it is, and the images of photos and graphics make it interesting, while the activities help make it fun and interactive.
Gift Pairing Idea: Make it into a gift set by pairing it with Grow: A Family Guide to Growing Fruits and Vegetables
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