Toad Cottages and Shooting Stars: Grandma's Bag of Tricks |  | Author: Sharon Lovejoy
Brand: Workman Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 26293
Media: Paperback
Edition: Original
Reading Level: All Ages
Pages: 205
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6
MPN: 15043
ISBN: 0761150439
Dewey Decimal Number: 790.1922
EAN: 9780761150435
ASIN: 0761150439
Publication Date: February 4, 2010
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Make leaf rubbings, learn the neighborhood bird songs together, turn an aquarium into a worm hotel, create a firefly lantern. There are garden projects, both for the outdoors grow a container snacking garden, a pumpkin patch in a pot and the indoors, i.e., how to use something called "indoor garbage gardens" to grow pineapple tops, sweet potato vines, peanuts, and more. Cooking projects, both in the sunshine baking in a solar oven and in the kitchen what child will ever forget the time the two of you made Potato Volcanoes with Lava? And lots of rainy-day activities for times when nature's in a cranky mood.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Creative Fun for Grannies & Grandkids February 24, 2010
Story Circle Book Reviews
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
If you're a grandma or a mom (or even a nature-loving, kid-daffy grandpa or dad), you're going to be delighted by Sharon Lovejoy's latest book, Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars. It is the ultimate Granny Handbook, designed especially for those of us who are lucky enough to have at least one small child to introduce to life in the kitchen, the backyard, and the garden.
Sharon Lovejoy has always helped us to work with our kids in the garden, from her delightful Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots to Sunflower Houses; Hollyhock Days; and A Blessing of Toads.
But Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars is special, because it is designed as a "manual" for grandmas, and Lovejoy has crammed it full of playful activities that even grannies without green thumbs can manage and kids will absolutely love. To whet your appetite, here is a short sampling from the six chapters: Faerie Mailboxes, Firefly Lanterns, No-Bake Nests, Be a Pumpkin Parent, Potato Volcanoes, and Worm Hotel.
Want more? How about these chapter titles? Preparing Camp Granny (lots of fine ideas, even if you're a long-distance granny). Or The Neighborhood Naturalist, Kids in the Kitchen, the Kitchen Garbage Garden (starts with an activity called "Learning from Leftovers"), Kids in the Garden, and Rainy Day Activities. Each chapter offers recipes (Moon Pizzas, anybody?), games, and activities--each one a learning opportunity for both granny and grandkid. And best of all, the book overflows with color photographs and Lovejoy's delightful drawings of bugs, plants, food toys, and faeries. Every page is a treasure.
In her introduction, Lovejoy notes that being a grandmother is "one of the truest and purest joys" of her life, for her grandchildren have given her the gift of "child-sight": "the ability to stop, hunker down, and see things through their fresh, young eyes and minds." In Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars, Lovejoy shares that gift with her readers, through her playful art and the creative, imaginative activities she suggests. "Grandmotherhood is a state of grace," she says, a place of wonder and child-like delight. Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars will help you and your lucky grandchildren find that place and enjoy it--together.
by Susan Wittig Albert
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
Just Bought Extra Copies! May 10, 2010
H. G. Bennett (washington DC area)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Bought a first copy of this book for myself, and my children's active grandmother fell in love! She found so many sweet and simple ideas that kept my 3-year-old son busy outdoors with her for her entire visit. The book is wonderfully written, with beautiful photos, highly appealing layout, so fun to browse through. It also helped me save the tomatoes I'd overly-ambitiously (with new baby at home, that is) started indoors :) Loving this publisher. Have just bought another copy for myself, and 2 more for gifts for friends.
Great resource for ideas March 16, 2010
Alexandra Daley
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Very interesting ideas to share with your children or grandchildren. Recommend it very highly.
Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars April 12, 2010
Jeanni Nonemaker (Mission Viejo CA United States)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Love Love Love this book...so much info to have fun and enjoy grand children...it's got years worth of activties and fun ideas...I'm giving this book to all my friends who are grandmothers for Mother's Day. What great memories in this book just waiting to happen...
Great book of ideas! June 6, 2010
Patricia M. Dendel (Michigan)
Very nice book with lots of great ideas for things to do with the grandchildren - love the title too!!!!
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