This is my busy green garden.
There’s a surprise
In clever disguise,
That hangs in my busy green garden.
This is a ladybug dawdling so,
Near the surprise, in clever disguise,
That hangs in my busy green garden.
This is a honeybee buzzing below
The red spotted ladybug dawdling so,
Near the surprise, in clever disguise,
That hangs in my busy green garden.
Terry Pierce (Ridgecrest, CA)was a Montessori teacher for 22 years before writing children’s books. Her 17 books include Tae Kwon Do! (Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of 2007); Blackberry Banquet; and Mother Goose Rhymes (a 2007 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award Winner). She is an instructor in the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
CAROL SCHWARTZ has illustrated more than 50 picture books, including My Busy Green Garden, which Kirkus called “a lovely literary and artistic rendering.” Her other books include Sea Squares (an Outstanding Science Trade Book and Children’s Choice award winner), The Maiden of Northland (an Aesop Accolade List book), and Thinking about Ants (an Outstanding Science Trade Book). Carol taught illustration at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and has shared her passion for illustrating at the hundreds of elementary schools, libraries, conferences, and colleges she has visited.