The first book on the "First Garden"
A year in advance of the scheduled publication of Michelle Obama's book on the White House vegetable garden, Clarion Books has released "First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew."
Written and illustrated by children's author Robbin Gourley, the children's book includes a forward by Alice Waters, who created The Edible Schoolyard campaign, and it includes recipes from the White House and watercolor drawings of the first lady and her school children helpers.
For more details about the book and a conversation with the author, who pretty much scooped the White House, check out Eddy Gehman Kohan's blob, Obamafodorama, She also got a "no comment" comment from the White House that seems a tad chilly.
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Categories: White House Vegetable Garden
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GrandBoy & I checked this out of the library last night and it's going back today. Wow. It's written like a college textbook. Really, really boring.
We have an agreement to try books that are not about our favorite subjects (currently, sports, Transformers or building a light saber) but this went beyond the scope of the current White House garden, into the history of the landscaping at the White House. Just so not interesting to a lifelong gardener, much less, a seven-year-old!
Posted by: Eve | April 15, 2011 10:43 AM