Martha Stewart Whole Living Radio Host Terri Trespicio, Sirius 112/XM 157
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I applaud you for teaching children the value of healthy eating and helping others... It is wonderful that the children are learning important lessons, but in a fun and exciting way -- you are truly an architect of change! 

Maria Shriver, First Lady of California

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Teaching our children how to garden is as important as just about all the other stuff they get in school.   Anne has done an excellent job on this topic in Our Generous Garden.  This experience should be repeated in every school in the country.

Mel Bartholomew, Inventor and Author of Square Foot Gardening, the largest-selling garden book in America
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"A terrific resource for elementary-level educators wanting a classroom full of raised hands and green thumbs." Kirkus Discoveries
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Our Generous Garden presents a colorful success story of how parents, educators, and community members can work in close collaboration to make our children healthier.  

Rob Bisceglie, Executive Director, Action for Healthy Kids

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Our Generous Garden is a fine example of how children can share delightful garden experiences and lessons with their peers.  It encourages children to think about the little, but important things in life; eating right, exercising, nurturing and enjoying the great outdoors. The captivating story and innovative graphics grab your attention, while Anne Nagro cleverly sneaks fun facts into a floating lady bug caption.

Nancy Kreith, Horticulture Program Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension and President, GreenNet, Chicago’s Greening Network
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Our Generous Garden is such a simple representation of the joy kids can experience with gardening, yet it touches upon so many complex issues such as respect for bugs and the environment, need for daily exercise, donating to the needy, good nutrition and cooking, and being part of a community. This book resonates the holistic framework of the farm to school approach, which encourages the use of local foods in schools, school gardens, nutrition and environmental education, farm tours, cooking demonstrations, and waste management and recycling, with the intention of building healthy kids, communities and farms. After reading this book, kids will surely want to get their hands dirty in a garden!

Anupama Joshi, Director, National Farm to School Network, Center for Food & Justice
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Anne Nagro has captured an inspiring, real-life story of creating and exploring a school garden with Our Generous Garden. This book will be a great asset to teachers trying to get their students to think about what their garden might be like. Our Generous Garden has great examples of both what to grow and what to do with the harvested vegetables. Students will be excited!

Jaime Zaplatosch, Education Coordinator, Openlands
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Our Generous Garden conveys a large number of positive messages that all children can benefit from, and also teaches readers about the entire process of taking care of a garden.  This book does an outstanding job of highlighting the many wonderful achievements of Woodland Elementary’s real Harvest Garden.

Andy Blaul, Information Director, Lake County Farm Bureau
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Our Generous Garden gets kids excited about gardening and healthy eating, an increasing concern with school administration.  The text is simple, factual and fun, and lends itself beautifully to peer learning.  Children really enjoy the "learning bug," which shows up from page to page.  I love how this garden's produce is given to a food bank.  What a feel-good concept to teach children! 

Marianne Bassett, Educator, PTO Executive Board Member
School Garden Volunteer
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What a wonderful story for children to learn about the process of a garden, from the plan to the harvest.  It tells the children about the fresh air, fresh healthy food and that the bountiful harvest can be shared with the community.  Anyone who wants to teach the earth's amazing systems to children needs this book!

Cheryl Pytlarz, Agricultural Educator
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One of the greatest gifts we can give to our children is our love of nature and the outdoors.  Our Generous Garden helps us do just that and more as readers are also encouraged to share the delicious fruits of their gardening labor with neighbors in need.   This delightful book communicates important messages that could help improve children's health and foster future generations who love and care for the natural world.

Marty Kenahan, Leave No Child Indoors Regional Coordinator, Chicago 
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In my four years as a volunteer in the Harvest Garden, I have heard kids say, "You can't eat something that grows out here on a plant!" and "I've never planted anything before!"  Kids have so little exposure to agriculture.  This book, from a child's perspective, is a great way for kids to learn about something that impacts their everyday lives.

Suzanne Cash, School Garden Parent Volunteer