February Book Planter:
Saturday at the food pantry
Written by: Diane O’Neill
Illustrated By: Brizida Magro
Molly and her mom don’t always have enough food, so one Saturday they visit their local food pantry. Molly’s happy to get food to eat until she sees her classmate Caitlin, who’s embarrassed to be at the food pantry. Can Molly help Caitlin realize that everyone needs help sometimes?
Teacher’s Note: This book deals with a sensitive topic of hunger and food insecurity.
March Book Planter:
Farmer Eva’s Green Garden Life
Written by: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrated By: Christy Hale
Farmer Eva Sommaripa founded Eva’s Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place “so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees.” More than 50 years later she has grown a big green garden life of friends and neighbors, creatures that crawl, fly and slither, eve microbes that create rich soil in the brown underground. Meet farmer Eva, and share the magic, beauty, and science of life on the farm and caring for the land.
North Carolina Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom is an educational program that is dedicated to fostering an understanding of the importance of agriculture in North Carolina. The program strives to achieve this mission in recommending books for use as additional resources to PreK – 12th grade educators. Each month we offer a book for anyone looking for a valid ag-related resource to utilize in the classroom. Each book will have accompanying activities of high-quality that can be integrated into lesson plans at various grade levels. The total purchase of one book is $5.00 and can be purchased until copies are sold out.
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