Dancing Rhinoceros Press

We are committed to providing our customers with exceptionally good books for children (and adults). We like to look at all aspects of learning and explore the little curiosities of the everyday. We support our readers with really good products that invite you to learn in a fun and interesting way. Get creative; try something a bit out of the ordinary.

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Our Super Garden

Right on the heels of the nationally-acclaimed children's book, Our Generous Garden, comes the garden-to-table treasure,Our Super Garden, where children explore eating healthy, by eating what they grow.

Kid-friendly language and eye-catching art highlight the "special powers" fruits and vegetables give our bodies, like the "force field" created by vitamin C which helps keep us from getting sick, antioxidants that "karate chop" diseases, and fiber, which helps us poop.

Children ages three to 10 learn it's okay to try new foods, and why fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet - important life lessons with childhood obesity and diabetes reaching epidemic levels.

Start the conversation - and hands-on learning - about healthy eating. Inside you'll find 20 kid-tested recipes from successful youth garden programs across the country, a color-coded chart of nutrients found in fruits and vegetables, and easy food preparation guidelines.

Research shows children who plant and harvest their own fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat them: Our Super Garden shows just how much fun this can be

Nuestro Súper Jardín: Our Super Garden

Right on the heels of the nationally-acclaimed children's book, Our Generous Garden, comes the garden-to-table treasure, Nuestro Súper Jardín, Spanish edition to Our Super Garden. This is the bilingual edition where children explore eating healthy, by eating what they grow.

Children ages three to 10 learn it's okay to try new foods, and why fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet - important life lessons with childhood obesity and diabetes reaching epidemic levels.

Research shows children who plant and harvest their own fruits and vegetables are more likely to eat them: Our Super Garden shows just how much fun this can be!

Madison's Message of Hope and Healing

In a gentle and kind dialogue between Madison the dog, and Addie, a girl dealing with cancer, the reader is guided through the emotions associated with the cancer treatment process: medically, socially, and personally. With friends, family, and doctors all playing a part in this story of hope and healing, children and parents can identify components and recognize similar feelings relative to their own experience.

Timemasters
A Grainger Prize Book Series

An opportunity to capture the Grainger Prize for Inventions spur an unlikely partnership between Victor and Graciela. Encouraged by their hawkish librarian, they enter into a world of curious questions and exciting possibilities to complete their invention. And they are not the only ones interested in measuring time and its generous outcome! Each novel in this series explores a specific element involved with math, science, and physics. For middle school readers.
Copyright 2009, Carol Summerfield.

Our Generous Garden

A story of a second-grade class and their generous garden. You can follow how to plan, grow, and harvest a vegetable garden for your school or backyard. Promotes healthy eating, science, math, responsibility, and charity. What more could you ask for in just one book? Also comes with worksheets and glossary.
Copyright 2008, Anne Nagro.

The Buzz About Our Generous Garden

April 3, 2009 edition serving 1.85 million students in over 35,000 classrooms (K-6) Story/Interview by Vicki An on School Gardens, citing Our Generous Garden as a major part of the article.