Curious George Discovers Plants
Children's Book and Media Review
Volume 37
Issue 12 December 2016
Article 16
2016
Curious George Discovers Plants
Tracy Adler
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Adler: Curious George Discovers Plants
Book Review
Title: Curious George Discovers Plants
Author: Monica Perez
Reviewer: Tracy Adler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Year: 2016
ISBN: 9780544651425
Number of Pages: 32
Interest Level: Toddler, Preschool, Primary
Rating: Outstanding
Review
George is curious as to where the fresh vegetables that he eats come from. He has dinner at one of
his favorite restaurants and finds that more fresh vegetables need to be harvested so he can have his
dish. The chef takes George up and shows him his garden and where his fresh vegetables come from.
George then decides to help the Chef by pulling what he thinks are weeds, but doesn’t know exactly
what weeds are. The curious monkey tries to remedy things but he just keeps making things worse
until the man with the yellow hat figures out what he has been doing and sets things right.
In this book children learn about fresh vegetables and gardening. Through delightful illustrations
and experiments, the reader will be engaged with all the new knowledge they are being shown. The
book does a great job at including children as they read by explaining how plants grow and thrive.
It uses words and phrases paired with real life pictures that a child can understand. Furthermore it
encourages children to improve their knowledge by trying new things like preparing their own food
with an included recipe to put everything into perspective. Through George’s antics, children can
learn that it is okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.
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