Mary McKenna Siddals

NEW! Ollie Recycles! Can you help him sort it all out?

Sing along with Sid the Science Kid:
It's Not Scary, It's Decayed!

Guide Wallace the Worm to eat the compostable items, while avoiding all the bad stuff

Worm your way through the Compost Crunch game

Back at the Barnyard, help Compost the Most
with the Compost-It-Mobile!

Watch the Composting for Kids slideshow

Visit Worm World to get all the dirt on Worms

Check out this interview with Eddie the Earthworm

Follow the Adventures of Squirmin' Herman the Worm

Put Some Worms to Work with this activity

Try this experiment for Loathesome Leftovers

Sort items for Composting in this online game

Can you keep a microbe happy? Tend your own
virtual compost heap with this online game

Make an earth-friendly masterpiece with Creative Collage

Create a model garden. Don't forget the compost bin!

Plant an Upside-Down Tomato-a-Go-Go

Dish up some Worms in the Mud with this Revoltin' Recipe

NEW! Little Rotters Composting Handbook (pdf)
(to assist schools with starting a composting club)

NEW! Let's Compost! Save Organic Scraps workbook (pdf)

NEW! Got Rot? My Composting Book (pdf)

Sid the Science Kid: Decayed Pumpkin Investigation

Little Rotters - oodles of resources for teachers
 planning to bring composting into their schools
 
Composting: Compost Critters / Compost Chefs
Compost Crops / Worms at Work (pdf) (US-EPA)

CSI: Compost Science Investigation (pdf) (OR-CCSWD)

Compost in a Bag / Compost Tag / Let's Build a Worm Bin
Warming Up to Worms / Worm Diner (CA-SFE)

A Beaver's Tale: Compost curriculum guide (ON-BRA)

Composting in a Jar (pdf) (OR-DEQ)

Nature's Recyclers - Informational Coloring Book (EEK!)

Composter Coloring Pages and Crossword Puzzle

Garbage Pie - Coloring Pages / Posters (BC-CVRD)

"Leaf" it in Your Yard (Science for Ohio)

Composting in Schools (Cornell University)

Composting: Wastes to Resources (Cornell)

Nature's Recyclers: Activity Guide (pdf) (WI-DNR)

Composting Guide (pdf) with Kids' puzzles (OH-CCSWD)

By the Skins of Our Bananas (pdf)
Outline for creating a play about composting (CA-IWMB)

Educational materials (for purchase) including
Compost Gin (card game), Rot 'n Roll CD (songs), Poster

Let's Compost! A heap of picture books to get kids started

Rhyming text presents a lively look at
some of the things that can become compost.
The dynamic gouache and collage illustrations
are made of recycled materials.
–Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year

A delightful alphabet book...
for making your corner of the world green.
–Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Best Book Award

Just follow this fun A to Z rhyme of ingredients
and you'll have a mushy mess all of your own.
–The Canadian Children's Book Centre's
Best Books for Kids & Teens 2011

* Sometimes, one title just jumps out of the pile of books
and really speaks to us. Compost Stew is one such book...
–Kiwi Magazine (starred review)

An exuberant primer for green-minded kids.
–Publishers Weekly

Ashley Wolff's collage-style illustrations, made from
newspaper, tea bags and other recycled materials, echo
writer Mary McKenna Siddals's message of reducing
waste. –Rachel Saslow in The Washington Post

A rollicking, rhyming alphabetical recipe...
for budding environmentalists. –Kirkus Reviews

The brightly patterned collage artwork
featuring a cast of multicultural kids working together
will easily draw a young audience. –Booklist

A potentially heavy-handed message is delivered
with a light touch so that you want to start your own
waste heap right away. Mission accomplished!
–Susan Faust in the San Francisco Chronicle

An alphabetic recipe for soil-enriching
putrescibles... full of entertaining ickiness.
–Dashka Slater in Sierra Magazine

An imaginative and engaging introduction to the
concept of composting. –Dave Jenkinson in CM magazine

Using cafeteria scraps, recycled paper, and grass
clippings would teach students how to make this rich, 
robust stew work for their own school gardens and, 
literally and figuratively, improve the earth.
–Mary Hazelton in School Library Journal

An upbeat introduction to composting as an
important step for caring for the Earth. –Childsake

Beautiful, poetic, evocative--and educational...
I hope it will become as widely read and popular
as it deserves.  –Mollie Katzen, author of
Moosewood Cookbook and Pretend Soup

If ever there was a hilarious educational A to Z
to understand the dirt on composting, this is the one.
–Laure Latham, San Francisco Green Parenting Examiner

Simple but effectively informative for young children...
a great fit for eco-friendly schools and homes.
–Lee Littlewood in Kids' Home Library

So engaging and interesting, I didn't realize it was
also an ABC book until I reached the letter W!
Fun to read and informative to boot.
–Pink Me: Children's books reviewed for grownups

A recipe to whip up for Mother Earth.
–Leigh Goldman Balber in UrbanBaby Buzz

With delightful multimedia pictures on every page... 
and a catchy text, this is a perfect book to share
with children who are eager to “be green.”
–Marya Jansen-Gruber in Through the Looking Glass

Rhyming how-to book on the importance of composting,
the simple act of turning kitchen and yard waste
into nutrient-rich soil. –BookPage

Lively verse that will beguile the ear as it
teaches kids how they can nourish their gardens.
Little ones will enjoy Wolff's bright, colorful collages
that almost seem to pop off the pages...
–Spirituality and Health

Beautiful collages help reinforce
the "eco" message of this clever rhyme.
A great introduction to earth friendly living.
–Picture Book Features ~ B3OK

“Bouncy verse” that keeps the pages turning,
while the eyes gobble up the collage illustrations.
–Marsha Weiner in Cornucopia Collection