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  • 1.  Free or Low Cost Garden booklets for kids

    Posted 02-02-2022 03:08:00 PM
    Hi Everyone, I am new to the group and working on a school garden fun day ! I am looking for a simple take home booklet or book stuitable for elementray aged students as a take home item. We have a small budget and looking online, resources are too expension. I would need enough for 180 students. I would like the focus to be on gardening basics but could focus on pollinators.  I would like something preprinted/bound that I wouldn't have to print or make copies. Any ideas?

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    Susan Parker, WVDEP
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  • 2.  RE: Free or Low Cost Garden booklets for kids

    Posted 02-03-2022 02:13:00 PM
    Botanical Interests has free downloads for coloring books, they're really nice, you just print them yourself.  Quite a few options to pick from

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    Chandra Plakke
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  • 3.  RE: Free or Low Cost Garden booklets for kids

    Posted 02-04-2022 11:48:00 AM
    What level of elementary are you working with? I'm not sure what you consider a small budget for this. I've looked on Amazon and a nice looking book I've found is Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner. It runs about $8 for a paperback. That can add up for 180 students, but it's a possibility. Pre-printed/bound books are going to be more expensive than printing yourself. It saves some work though.

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    Heather Montgomery
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  • 4.  RE: Free or Low Cost Garden booklets for kids

    Posted 02-13-2022 11:32:00 AM
    What is your budget?

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    Mary Anne Rishebarger
    Natural Partners/Monarch Sister Schools Program
    Baltimore MD
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  • 5.  RE: Free or Low Cost Garden booklets for kids

    Posted 02-06-2022 04:42:00 PM
    In all of our library programs, we include time for our students to make their own journals. As a librarian, I have an old binding machine that uses the plastic combs to attach. We use cardstock covers or recycled paper turned to the blank side, then decorate with markers or pencils. Very affordable and fun for the kids to make their own.

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    Nathan Sekinger
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