Product Description

Author Michelle Eva Portman presents a wonderful adventure where a young girl and her mom convert a storage box into a house for their new pets. The box becomes a vermicomposting bin and the pets are redworms. Portman’s poetic, rhyming couplets provide a grand explanation of the process of vermicomposting in a manner that the youngest reader/listener will enjoy. The story is accompanied by adorable illustrations. The book includes How To and Resources sections to encourage further exploration of vermicomposting.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #346122 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Library Binding
• 42 pages

Customer Reviews

A Valuable Tool
Michelle Eva Portman has created a story filled with learning and mystery. With colorful pictures and short, rhyming text she describes the entire composting cycle from food waste to healthy plants. A valuable tool for parents and teachers, as young readers could easily see this story come to life in their home or classroom. We will be using this delightful book to start off our children's wormshops at our demonstration garden.

By Laura Plant
Compost Educator
City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
Vancouver, BC

Oh no? Oh Yes!
When I first heard that the Worm Queen in Kalamazoo (Mary Appelhof) had published a kids' book on vermicomposting, my reaction was cautious. Last year someone sent me one that was just too cute--and inaccurately showed red wigglers with eyes!
Hurrah for Compost, By Gosh!--it's just right! It combines charm with accuracy and clear, brief instructions for a parent who wants to say, "Yes!" to the child who begs, "Mom, can we have worms composting in our house?"
Can't wait to read it at Earth Day 2003 celebration to children who live in my six-building apartment complex in New York City. -Naomi Dagen Bloom, Composting in Manhattan

Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for young people
Written and illustrated by Michelle Eva Portman, Compost By Gosh! is a simple, rhyming children's book about the joy of making compost - the process of letting worms eat leftover food and turn into that material into something which is perfect for fertilizing plants. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for young people who want to make their own compost (under adult supervision) round out this excellent and very highly recommended instructional book for budding young gardeners.