Apple cores
Bananas, bruised
Coffee grounds with filters, used
Just add to the pot
and let it all rot
into Compost Stew!
From eggshells to wiggly worms, this delightful recipe in bouncy
verse features items - some familiar and some not so - that are fit
for the home compost bin and will nourish Mother Earth. Vibrant
collage illustrations use recycled and found materials to further a
timely message. And to keep young environmental chefs fully
informed about composting do's and don'ts, there's a note in the
back about what's not fit for the bin.
$15.99
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