Welcome to the March 2012 issue of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library's newsletter just for elementary school teachers.

Spring!  Are we there yet?  Teachers know that we plant seeds wherever we go.The  CRRL youth services are ready with our Cultivating Community programs. Each branch is presenting a program encouraging our young people to eat healthy foods and to support our community by eating local or home grown foods. Our Books of the Month highlight this important mission.  

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A father and son grow vegetables and then make them into soup.

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 Farmers Market  

                                       by Carmen Parks    

 A girl and her parents spend the day at the farmers market selling vegetables that they have grown.

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     Ready Set Grow!  Quick and Easy       

           Gardening Projects  

In "Ready Set Grow" step-by-step photographs show young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more. Features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation. 

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Grow It, Cook It

                              Senior Editor, Deborah Lock   

Showing how to grow plants and then how to use them in delicious kid-appealing recipes, "Grow It, Cook It" is more than a cookbook--it offers a fresh approach to healthy eating by getting children involved in food right from the start!  

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                                  The Mystery of the Traveling Tomatoes  

Created by Gertrude Chandler Warner  

  When the Boxcar children help out in a local garden, they dig up one strange thing after another! First, the tomato plants seem to move every day. Find out how that can be. Click here to reserve a copy.