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by T. a. Kuepper (Author), Brett Bednorz (Illustrator)
A Garden's Search for Water is the second illustrated chapter book in the Adventures of Archie Artichoke series of stories written about a remarkable garden of vegetables.
In this adventure, Archie and his veggie friends hike to a distant garden, where the vegetables there have lost their source of water and many have become ill. During their search for answers, the veggies find a spirited group of forest animals has caused the water to stop flowing. Now it's up to Archie to convince them to change their ways. But how will he do it?
All of the Archie Artichoke series of books are written specifically to help children develop their imagination through visual imaging of text and dialogue, complemented with full-color illustrations. And besides being fun to read, A Garden's Search for Water has positive messages and is designed to teach children about:
Accomplishing a difficult task and solving problems;
Working with others to achieve a common goal;
The importance of water for life;
Caring, helping others, friendship; and
The names of many important vegetables!
This children's story introduces the topic that "everyone deserves the right to have water." This is an important discussion as it relates to the health of children around the world.
Because A Garden's Search for Water is relatively long for a young children's story, it is designed to be read over several days/nights. The age group for the Adventures of Archie Artichoke series is between three and nine years old. The narrative is designed to be read to a child, and third-grade children will delight in reading the books on their own.
More information about the Archie Artichoke series, as well as audio of Archie's songs, can be found on the author's website. Illustrations of the vegetable characters, suitable for coloring, may also be downloaded there.
