Ça pousse comment ?

by Gerda Muller

Sophie est une petite fille de la ville, mais elle passe toutes ses vacances à la campagne, chez ses grands-parents. Ils ont un magnifique potager, où poussent toutes sortes de légumes. Cette année Sophie a la chance d'avoir des outils juste à sa taille, et va pour la première fois faire ses propres plantations. Ses grands-parents lui apprennent les gestes précis et les soins attentifs du bon jardinier. Il faut penser à tout, à désherber et aérer la terre, à protéger les petites bêtes utiles et à se méfier de la piéride du chou et des doryphores ! Au fil des saisons, Sophie découvre les mystères des plantes et les insoupçonnables secrets de la vie sous terre.

Gerda Muller, née en 1926 à Naarden aux Pays-Bas, est une grande créatrice d'albums. Elle a publié très tôt chez de nombreux éditeurs européens, notamment en France, au Père Castor et collaboré à la presse enfantine. Elle est l'auteur de la série des "Turlutins". "Quand je travaille seule dans mon atelier, je ressens la présence d'un enfant qui regarde et souvent me guide. C'est pour lui que je travaille (pas pour les parents ou pour les éditeurs)." Comme l'a dit un jour un critique, on ne connaît pas toujours son nom, mais tous les enfants connaissent ses dessins.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Gardening, Realistic Fiction, Fiction, Nature, Summer

37 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is so lovely! We've read a lot of gardening books this spring and this is one of my favorites. It is chock full of all sorts of aspects of gardening, from the obvious planting-through-harvesting to other topics like composting, making bug hotels, and taking the produce to market. I loved the grandparent/grandchild relationship, the beautiful gardens, the educational aspects skillfully embedded throughout, the delightful illustrations. I even learned a few things regarding the eight vegetable families.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and descriptions of gardening through the year with Sophie, a city girl who goes to spend her summer vacation with her grandparents in the countryside and learns all about how food grows. Elle a un carré de terre òu elle peut faire pousser les legumes.

[Luisa Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun book that will teach children all the delights of gardening and answer the many questions they have. Although there is a storyline, it's more of a brief encyclopedia for the little gardener.

Ages: 6 - 9

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[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely illustrations and great overview of a year in a garden. Lovely engaging text.

[Juli Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations, but a pretty lackluster story.

[Danette · Rating 4 out of 5]

A year in the garden where we learn about different vegetables and garden tools. It was a little long for my 6 yr old so we had to split it into two readings.

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[Nadine Jockers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un grand album à la couverture épaisse et solide, des illustrations bien travaillées, une histoire simple et très réaliste de ce que peut vivre une jeune fille qui va passer ses vacances à la campagne auprès de ses grands-parents.

Son grand-père lui explique comment s’occuper du potager, lui montre, ce qui permet à Sophie de le faire ensuite par elle-même.

Ce livre est très bien fait, autant les illustrations des légumes et outillages du jardin, des insectes ainsi que les noms qui accompagnent chaque illustration pour que l’enfant puisse les relier ensemble. Des leçons de jardinage instructives, des notes sur les ravageurs au potager, l’apprentissage des différents stades de pousse d’un légume, des notions pour les bonnes associations, le compostage, le potager au fil des saisons, et aussi comment avoir un mini-potager en ville. De quoi passionner les enfants et leur faire découvrir les joies de cultiver ses propres légumes.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

This longer picture book about the progress of a garden over the seasons is well done, presenting a story of a girl who helps her grandparents. Illustrations are a mix of vignettes from the story and garden elements such as insects, tools, and flower becoming a pea pod. Cut-aways of the garden to show plant roots, root vegetables, and underground animals are a nice addition, as are the end papers showing vegetable families (flowering, bulb, leafy, etc.). This is a translation from French and there are a few words that might need to be further translated into American (e.g., gherkins and courgettes) and there are some animals not so common to the U.S. (wild hedgehogs).

[Ine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mooi vormgegeven informatief prentenboek over het onderhouden en het aanleggen van een moestuin. Jammer van de soms erg stroeve zinsconstructies; de educatieve inzet staat voorop. Verder komt het enthousiasme van hoofdpersonage Sophie bij momenten ongeloofwaardig over. Wel is het opmerkelijk dat er ook aandacht wordt besteed aan (weliswaar typische) moestuinproblemen, zoals een keverplaag. Het laatste 'hoofdstukje' waarin Sophie daadwerkelijk haar eigen stadstuintje inricht, vormt echter de grootste verrassing.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book for kids with longer attention spans who like to learn about gardening. It is incredibly informative, but it is also lengthy. I liked that it shares information about each of the seasons and many of the tools used on the farm, as well.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations remind me of Swedish artist and illustrator, Carl Larsson.

[Db360 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Delightful read with the children

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much information and not enough substance to the story.

[Rasa Gestaute · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ar jūsų vaikai supranta, jog tam, kad daržovės, vaisiai užaugtų, reikia nemažai laiko ir kantrybės?
Gerdos Muller Kaip užauga tavo daržas? - tikras atradimas. Nes dar neteko vartyti kitos tokios knygos vaikams apie daržą. Tai tikras mažojo daržininko pradžiamokslis.
Per istoriją, apie Sofijos viešnagę pas senelius kaime, gana išsamiai ir įdomiai atskleidžiami auginimo užkulisiai.
Kokios daržovės auga ir kaip.
Kaip pasiruošti sėjai ir net kokių įrankų reikia.
Daržo pagalbininkai ir kenkėjai.
Kaip vyksta metų kaita ir kokie darbai darže.
Ar galima auginti ir mieste.
Kokios daržovės yra egzotika mums ir atkeliauja iš kitų pasaulio šalių.
Smagu ir tai, kad yra ir "užduotėlių", kur galima stengtis atpažinti ir suskaičiuoti ne tik daržoves, bet ir daržininko įrankius.
O gale esantis žodynėlis ir rodyklė dar vienas šios knygos pliusas.
Tad tikrai verta kartu su vaikais pavartyti šią knygutę ir net pabandyti KĄ NORS UŽAUGINTI

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unfortunately it makes you choose between birds (who may eat your crop) and cats (who may eat the songbirds). I say, use nets or scarecrows or children to protect the crop, and keep the dang cat inside. I love cats as companions, but not as predators, which they truly are!

diced beet + diced apple + salad dressing = happy

Sophie should not know what measles looks like. She should simply say that that the leek with rust disease has red spots. She and her schoolmates have been vaccinated, have they not?

Lots of wonderful information and very appealing pictures.
Translated from the French.

[Jared White · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great (fairly long) intro to gardening throughout the year. I love the illustrations and that it follows Sophie as she visits her grandparents, partly to help them with their garden. This has quite a few words, but if your preschooler or older is interested in gardening, then they may enjoy it (remember that you don't have to read a book in one sitting!).

I've loved all the books by this author that I've read, but they are definitely more for one-on-one reading, rather than for a storytime. Between the many words and detailed pictures, it just wouldn't work well with a group.

[Ashlyn Ewert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cute book! I loved the illustrations throughout the book. They were so detailed. I also loved at the end when Sophie was given the seeds so that she could create her own garden with her friend. I like the spot the tools game that is in the book. That is a good way to engage the students. On the inside cover of the book front and back you can see the different vegetable families which is cool.

[Marloes · Rating 5 out of 5]

De moestuin van Sophie is een informatief boek voor kinderen over moestuinieren. Spelenderwijs leren kinderen veel over verschillende soorten groentes, de seizoenen en het groeiproces. Erg leuk om samen te lezen en te gebruiken in een les. Wel vind ik sommige woorden moeilijk voor jongere kinderen. Het past mijns inziens goed bij de middenbouw, bijvoorbeeld bij het vak natuur en techniek.

[Mely · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 5 yr old loved this book and begged me to give it a 5 star rating. We are currently growing our own vegetable garden so this was the perfect book to accompany our gardening project. Lots of great illustrations of different fruits and vegetables. Information was adequate enough for a picture book.

[Janine Kunz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little girl goes to her grandparents' for the summer and learns to garden. The illustrations are lovely and plentiful with some science-y diagrams thrown in. It would make a great addition to a lesson plan of similar topic. 3/5 as this is not really a story and lacks plot. 4-7yo.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gardening is one of my favorite topics, but this is not a picture book garden book that I really enjoyed. The text is wordy and not too interesting. I did enjoy the illustrations and I learned a new word, pluses which in the USA is what we call legumes.

[Esther May · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Gerda Muller books. It is full of fun information, but this book may not keep the attention for all little kids. Each page has long passages, but it is a worthy read.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent gardening book!!

[Ron Turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the idea behind it. The format. And the illustrations. But the overall story was lacking.

[Two Hearts Homeschool · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book for young (and old) gardeners with lots of practical information weaves into a lovely storyline of young and old generations laboring and loving side by side

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great concept but people don't talk like this, especially children.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing illustrations. Lots of words, but extremely informative.

[Fatiya Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku yg sangat menarik untuk dibaca bagi dewasa dan anak2. Buku ini membawa kita dalam memahami kebun, cara bercocok tanam, rantai makanan, mengajak anak untuk makan sayur, tentunya dengan ilustrasi yg sangat bagus.

[Mina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and explanations.

[Jen • The ABCs of Motherhood · Rating 2 out of 5]

Waaaaay too much information for young learners. It reads more like non-fiction. It covers a ton of vegetables and gardening information for each season, but it's just information overload.