Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden
March’s second feature is here with Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden by Christie Mandin.
This picture book is wonderfully weird and absolutely brilliant. It is unique, fun, and charming with lovely illustrations! This story is perfect to teach the lesson of being true to yourself and not caring what others think, without being didactic. Every classroom and home should have this book and help children see there is nothing wrong with being “wonderfully weird.”
When Millie Fleur moves to Garden Glen, a place where every home and every yard is the exact same, she excitedly plants an exceptionally strange garden. As some of the townspeople begin telling her it doesn’t belong and she must get rid of her strange plants, Millie takes matters into her own hands and invites her entire class to come check it out. But watch out, some plants have teeth! Will she find the people who will truly appreciate her garden for what it is and help make Garden Glen a truly “one-of-a-kind” place?
After reading this story, I hope your kiddos enjoy these printables below.
Children can reflect on the story by rating it using this 5 star system.
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Children can place the events of the story in order.
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Children can color this coloring page featuring a home and plants similar to in the story.
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Children will enjoy finding the various matching pairs of different plants and coloring them the same color.
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Children can retell the story by writing or drawing the different parts of the story.
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Children can reflect on what they would plant in their garden by finishing the sentence, “In my garden, I would plant…” and drawing a picture.
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As with every picture book, I also want to offer a fun hands-on activity as an extension of the book.
I have a few different ideas for hands-on activities that would be great extensions for this book so I’m just going to list them below and you can take, leave and or change as it suits your home or classroom.
-Create your own classroom garden. Have a variety of different seeds of flowers and plants and let kids choose their own to plant in the community garden.
-Make a fairy garden. Using various materials, children can make fairy gardens as a whole class, small group or individual depending on the amount of materials you have. It would be wonderful to see the personalities of all the different gardens created.
-Use craft supplies to make a “wonderfully weird” plant. Add teeth, eyes, hair, whatever! Allow the kids to be creative and have fun with it. Let their own personalities shine!
I hope your kiddos/students enjoy this story, Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, the printables, and hands-on activity.
Please considering purchasing this book using links above or checking it out at your local library. After reading this story, PLEASE leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. :)
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