Garden delights, planet monsters and a greedy frog by various authors - book reviews -

Let your children discover the wonders of planting and growing, find out how eating vegetables could help save the planet, go batty about house pests, and enjoy frantic antics with a fiendishly funny grog in a sparkling selection of Easter time children’s books.

Age 8 plus:

In the Garden

Emma Giuliani

Enter the wonderful world of planting and growing in an extraordinarily beautiful and informative illustrated book that will have youngsters heading straight out to the garden with their spades and forks!

In the Garden, packed with the exquisite illustrations of Parisian artist Emma Giuliani, introduces young readers to Plum and her brother Robin who offer an enchanting interactive tour of their colourful garden throughout the seasons.

This engaging large-size, hands-on book, from Princeton Architectural Press, features flaps in all shapes – including seeds, flowers and vegetables – that lift and open to reveal the remarkable world of the garden’s flora and fauna whilst exploring the tools, tricks and caretaking secrets that will inspire budding gardeners.

From season to season, children follow the life of a garden as each page reveals new treasures hiding under lift-up flaps.

Peek inside the curious tulip bulb and discover the peas inside a peapod. Watch a ladybird help with pesky aphids and search for ripe strawberries under the leaves. What do you do with plants in the autumn, how do you feed birds in the winter, what should you grow in the spring, and what fruits can you plant to eat in the summer?

Rich in detail, Giuliani’s bright and visually stunning illustrations and flaps, in their fantastic shapes, sizes and colours will delight gardeners of all ages.

The perfect book to inspire children to enjoy a spring of lockdown gardening…

(Princeton Architectural Press, hardback, £21.99)

Age 7 plus:

Planet SOS: 22 Modern Monsters Threatening Our Environment (and What You Can Do to Defeat Them!)

Marie G. Rohde