From apple cores to zinnia heads, readers will discover the best ingredients for a successful compost pile!
MARY McKENNA SIDDALS is the author of several picture books for the
very young, including Millions of Snowflakes. In addition, she has
written dozens of children's stories, articles, poems, and
activities appearing in a variety of magazines. A former teacher,
she lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she enjoys tending to
her own batch of Compost Stew.
ASHLEY WOLFF is the author and/or illustrator of more than sixty
children's books, including Baby Beluga; I Love My Mommy Because; I
Love My Daddy Because; Mama's Milk; Stella and Roy Go Camping; I
Call My Grandma Nana; I Call My Grandpa Papa; When Lucy Goes Out
Walking; and the beloved Miss Bindergarten series. Ashley wrangles
thousands of red wriggler compost worms in her San Francisco
backyard garden. She grows flowers, vegetables, and an amazingly
prolific persimmon tree.
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
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