One Thousand Black Walnuts

One Thousand Black Walnuts
Author: Sunshine Shanks
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-09-10
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"How long do you think it will take us to pick up 1,000 black walnuts?" asked Ralph. "I'm not sure, but let's keep counting until we do," replied Rose. "We will finish faster with both of us of helping." One Thousand Black Walnuts is a delightful, entertaining story about a farm family who gathers wild black walnuts to sell. While picking up the walnuts, the kids learn about this industry from their mom. Readers discover the uses for black walnuts, from shell to nut, and even how wildlife depend on the nuts as a food source. The author, Sunshine Shanks, and the illustrator, Rebecca Vierra, bring this story to life and showcase the black walnuts' many uses. Young minds are exposed to counting by hundreds, agriculture literacy, recipes, and a valuable natural resource, the black walnut tree.

All from a Walnut

All from a Walnut
Author: Ammi-Joan Paquette
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2022-03-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1647000866

A moving, multigenerational story about love, family roots, and the cycle of life When Emilia finds a walnut one morning, Grandpa tells her the story behind it: of his journey across the ocean to a new home, with only one small bag and a nut in his pocket. “I planted my little tree in good brown soil, so it would grow strong here forever.” “In this house? In this yard?” “Shall we go see?” Step by step, Grandpa teaches Emilia how to cultivate her own seed. But as her little nut grows, Grandpa begins to slow down—until one sad day, Emilia has to say goodbye. Emilia’s sapling looks as droopy as she feels . . . but she knows just what to do. From acclaimed author and illustrator Ammi-Joan Paquette and Felicita Sala, this tender story is a poignant reminder that the best things grow with time—and that even when they are no longer here, the ones we love are always a part of us.

New York Times One Thousand Gardening Questions and Answers

New York Times One Thousand Gardening Questions and Answers
Author: Leslie Land
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 868
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780761128861

A collection of gardening wisdom in a question-and-answer format provides information on flowers, trees, lawns, herbs, vegetables, indoor plants, and fruits, with tips on cultivation, selecting plants, and pest control.

One Hundred Species and One Family Tree

One Hundred Species and One Family Tree
Author: William Moldwin
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1665716711

While surrounded by a two-acre property, garden, and wooded thicket that contains over a hundred species of trees, William Moldwin has been pondering the ethics of simplicity, ecology, aging, growth, and time. Moldwin entwines fascinating facts about trees with inspiring historical and personal stories of their significance to him, an amateur botanist and son of Hungarian immigrants. While exploring the connections and roles trees play within our natural world, including their medicinal uses, Moldwin reflects on how these trees sustain each other by communicating in various ways through pheromones such as chemical agents, fungi, and root systems—all while his own family tree has sustained many generations, each providing unique contributions to the world. Throughout his presentation, Moldwin’s essays inspire tranquility and harmony while encouraging others to walk among the trees and to bathe in their physical and psychological health benefits as you remember to fight for the green revolution. One Hundred Species and One Family Tree blends a fascinating exploration of the history of trees with a retired pastor’s reflections on his family legacy.