For Little Friends  By Bonnie Compton Hanson  The First Easter
Picture story(click to view larger)  Illustrated by Scott Greer
Let’s Plant a Garden  Let’s plant a garden! Dig, dig, dig. (Make
shoveling motions with hands and arms.) We’ll put in a seed and
go pat, pat, pat. (Bend down and pat the “dirt” with hands.)
Water it well with a spray, spray, spray. (Pretend to spray a
garden hose.) Then the sun shines bright, big, and round like
that. (Clasp hands and form a large circle with arms above
head.) Now stand in our garden and watch, watch, watch. (Form
“binoculars” with hands, and look through them.) Up comes a
little sprout, pop, pop, pop! (Palms up, move hands quickly up
and down.) It grows and it grows and it grows and it grows,
(Bend down, then slowly move hands up to waist height.) ’Til we
can’t even reach the top, top, top! (Reach hands up as high as
possible.)  [illustrations] Illustrated by Julie F. Young  Egg
Carton Garden  To make a garden, you will need: a spoon, potting
soil, an empty plastic