Get Your Family Ready for Spring

🌷 Spring into a world of blossoms, bulbs, and books! Unearth our handpicked selection of garden-inspired reads for every member of the family and let your imaginations — and gardens — bloom! 📚

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Transplanting Tips for Kid Gardeners

Transplanting is an important part of gardening that gives plants the space they need to grow. Learn how to transplant successfully with these simple tips. Photo of Emma Biggs © donnagriffith.com Moving a seedling or grown plant to a new place is called transplanting. It can be planting a potted plant in the garden or moving…

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Garden-to-Table: Grow a Marinara Medley

When your purpose in gardening is to grow great things to eat, why not begin with a delicious end in mind, like homemade tomato sauce or the toppings for a dozen pizzas, all from your very own garden? The simplicity of this garden plan, and the smart use of a soaker hose, make this a…

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BOOKS FOR LITTLEST KIDS AGES 0-3

BOOKS FOR LITTLE KIDS AGES 4-8

Bob Ross and Peapod the Squirrel Play a Game

BOOKS FOR BIGGER KIDS/MIDDLE GRADE AGES 8-12

Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition)

Julia Rothman's Nature Anatomy Activity Book

Daddy and the Beanstalk (A Graphic Novel)

The Young Witch’s Guide to Living Magically

BOOKS FOR TEENS/YA AGES 13+

CELEBRATE 30+ YEARS OF BRAIN QUEST!

Stimulate the mind in a fun, approachable way. Celebrate 30+ years of Brain Quest: check out the new look, new products, and new packaging with the same A+ content!

BOOKS TO READ TOGETHER

50 Hikes with Kids Oregon and Washington

50 Hikes with Kids New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

BOOKS FOR YOU

The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables

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Books that lean into that Springtime feeling!

As I write this, we are on track to have the warmest day of the year thus far in the Pacific Northwest! The birds are chirping out my window, and it feels so nice to see the sun again after a long, soggy winter. How better to celebrate the blooming flowers, freshly turned gardens, baby…

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Books to Help You Prep for Spring

To know me is to know that I love winter. I love snow and cold weather and adore being outside even if it’s in the middle of a blizzard. However, even my frozen heart can’t deny that there’s something exciting and energizing about knowing spring is right around the corner. I love my sweaters, but…

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