Gardens for Children
Beds, Houses, and the Lever
Structures a child may invent
William Vincent Carleton
Raised beds, birdhouses, a treehouse built with a grown hand, and a lever: this sixth Gardens for Children book is about the structures a child may invent. Ada fills her bed a bucket at a time, learns that paths are part of the design, and finds that a joint can fail and be remade. Dee the chickadee inspects. A calm, hands-on guide to building only what you can tend.
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