Gai's Go-Away-Come-Back Garden

Gai's Go-Away-Come-Back Garden

Young Gai is definitely annoyed in Sandy Baker’s latest book, Gai’s Go-Away-Come-Back Garden, when his parents go away and leave him with a babysitter. Gina deftly handles the situation by showing Gai the natural rhythms of a garden with the comings and goings of snails, lightning bugs, butterflies, and perennial flowers. Sandy gently blends gardening information into this fun and educational book that students, parents and teachers will enjoy. Sandy Baker is passionate about writing and gardening and thus combines the two in her gardening books for children. When she was about Gai's age, she and her scientific sleuth friend Teddy used to catch lightning bugs, snakes, Japanese beetles, and snails. To them, only the beetles were "bad guys" because they ate all the hollyhocks. Now after 15 years as a Sonoma County (CA) Master Gardener, Sandy knows a lot more about which critters are beneficial to our gardens. She is an advocate of kids getting outside and gardening, whether it's for food or for fun! She also says, "Read, because readers are leaders!" Sandy loves to bicycle, take pictures, and travel with her husband. You can find out a lot more about Sandy and gardening on her website www.sandybakerwriter.com.