Ginger and Galvin's Garden

A story about how Ginger and Galvin work hard to make their garden more beautiful than the other

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About this book

Ginger and Galvin's Garden is an easy readers book for children ages 3 to 7. A story about how Ginger and Galvin work hard to make their garden more beautiful than the other. Read the story to find out who wins.

Book details

Book type	Read Along Book – Narrated in a real human voice with word-by-word highlighting and static pictures.
Author	Meagan J. Meehan
Ages	5 to 7 years, also 3 to 5 years
Grade	Kindergarten
Reading level	Level 2, Easy Readers
Length	21 pages, 580 words, 5 minutes
Categories	Story Time, Friendship, Character Education
Interactive features	Comprehension quiz, Draw Your Doodle activity
Language	English

Where you can read this book

Reading and Math app: Read it here, plus Comprehension quiz, Draw Your Doodle activity in the Reading and Math app.

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Read Along App: Read along narration with word by word highlighting.

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Quizzes and activities live in the Reading and Math app only. They are not part of the Read Along App.

Why read Ginger and Galvin's Garden with your child

Ginger and Galvin's Garden is a story about Friendship. Reading it together gives your child a chance to enjoy the story and talk about what happens. Pause at the interesting parts and ask what your child thinks will happen next. The story is a good way to build vocabulary and a love of reading, one page at a time, and it gives you something to talk about long after the last page.

Talk about it together

What was your favourite part of Ginger and Galvin's Garden?
What did you learn about Friendship?
Who would you tell about this book, and why?

Inside the book

In Ginger and Galvin's Garden, readers find Friendship. A story about how Ginger and Galvin work hard to make their garden more beautiful than the other. The book is written for young readers, with clear words and pictures that help the story along.

Children gain a feel for Friendship and new words to talk about it. Read it together, pause at the interesting parts, and ask your child what they think. It is a good book to share, and to come back to again.

From the book: “Once there was a patch of land between two @apartmentbuildings The people who lived in the @neighborhood decided to grow some trees and make the land into a @garden”

Words to learn in this book

garden: A piece of ground used for growing flowers, fruit, or vegetables.
apartment buildings: A large building divided into separate <i>apartments</i>- each apartment is a suite of rooms that forms one residence.
neighborhood: A district forming a community within a town or city.
divide: Separate or be separated into parts.
gardening gloves: Rubber (or cloth) gloves used for digging in the dirt when gardening.
watering can: A portable water container with a long spout that is used for watering plants
grateful: Feeling or showing an appreciation of kindness; thankful.
bloom: Producing flowers; to be in flower, a description of new plants in the springtime.
proudly: A feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own <i>achievements</i>, meaning a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.
confidently: The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.
lush: Of vegetation, growing well and full.
sprout: A plant that is coming forth from the ground during bloom.
teeming: Full of or swarming with.
Botanical Garden: An establishment where plants are grown for display to the public and often for scientific study.
equally: Being same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
Community Garden: A single piece of land gardened collectively by a group of people who are usually from the same neighborhood or area.
"Excellent": Very good, outstanding.