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Details
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Title
Compost Stew : An A to Z Recipe for the Earth
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Author
Siddals, Mary McKenna
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Binding
Library Binding
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Condition
Used - Good
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Pages
1
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Volumes
1
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Language
ENG
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Publisher
Ten Speed Press
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Date
2010-03-23
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Illustrated
Yes
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Bookseller's Inventory #
7489570-6
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ISBN
9781582463414 / 1582463417
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Weight
0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
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Dimensions
10.04 x 10.03 x 0.35 in (25.50 x 25.48 x 0.89 cm)
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Ages
04 to 08 years
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Grade levels
P - 3
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Reading level
650
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Library of Congress subjects
Stories in rhyme, Picture books
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Library of Congress Catalog Number
2009016300
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Dewey Decimal Code
E
From the publisher
MARY McKENNA SIDDALS is the author of several picture books for the very young, including Millions of Snowflakes. In addition, she has written dozens of children’s stories, articles, poems, and activities appearing in a variety of magazines. A former teacher, she lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she enjoys tending to her own batch of Compost Stew.
ASHLEY WOLFF is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty children’s books, including Baby Beluga; I Love My Mommy Because; I Love My Daddy Because; Mama’s Milk; Stella and Roy Go Camping; I Call My Grandma Nana; I Call My Grandpa Papa; When Lucy Goes Out Walking; and the beloved Miss Bindergarten series. Ashley wrangles thousands of red wriggler compost worms in her San Francisco backyard garden. She grows flowers, vegetables, and an amazingly prolific persimmon tree.
Excerpt
Environmental chefs, here’s a recipe for you to fix from scratch to mix a batch of Compost Stew.
Ingredients:
Apple cores
Bananas, bruised
Coffee grounds with filters, used
Media reviews
Review, CM Magazine, October 15, 2010:
"An imaginative and engaging introduction to the concept of composting."
Review, Through the Looking Glass, June 1, 2010:
"This wonderful rhyming picture book will show children how easy, and how fun, composting can be."
Review, San Francisco Chronicle:
"Bouncy rhymes and busy collage art zip along as everything from apple cores to zinnia heads gets tossed into a rich and rotting soil-bound mix. A potentially heavy-handed message is delivered with a light touch so that you want to start your own waste heap right away. Mission accomplished!"
Review, Washington Post:
"When it comes to promoting environmentalism, there's no harm in starting young....Ashley Wolff's collage-style illustrations, made from newspaper, tea bags and other recycled materials, echo writer Mary McKenna Siddals's message of reducing waste."
Review, Booklist:
"This title highlights a subject rarely covered in youth books and provides a lighthearted introduction to an earth- and kid-friendly activity. The brightly patterned collage artwork featuring a cast of multicultural kids working together will easily draw a young audience."
Compost Stew is beautiful, poetic, evocative—and educational. It provides such vital, important information for children (and adults) to understand and embrace, and to put into practice! This book greatly respects its readers, and I hope it will become as widely read and popular as it deserves.
–Mollie Katzen, author of Moosewood Cookbook and Pretend Soup
About the author
MARY McKENNA SIDDALS is the author of several picture books for the very young, including "Millions of Snowflakes." In addition, she has written dozens of children's stories, articles, poems, and activities appearing in a variety of magazines. A former teacher, she lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she enjoys tending to her own batch of Compost Stew.
ASHLEY WOLFF is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty children's books, including "Baby Beluga";" I Love My Mommy Because";" I Love My Daddy Because";" Mama's Milk";" Stella and Roy Go Camping";" I Call My Grandma Nana";" I Call My Grandpa Papa";" When Lucy Goes Out Walking"; and the beloved Miss Bindergarten series. Ashley wrangles thousands of red wriggler compost worms in her San Francisco backyard garden. She grows flowers, vegetables, and an amazingly prolific persimmon tree.