First Garden: The White House Garden and How It Grew

This is a great new book for teachers to use in their classrooms when teaching different units- healthy eating, national buildings and symbols, and plants. It could work for all of these subjects. Children will love the illustrations and learning about what is new and modern at the White House. (Recipes Included)

The White House garden, part of Michelle Obama’s campaign to encourage healthful eating, was established in 2009. This book tells the story of Mrs. Obama’s garden, as well as the story of the White House grounds, the other gardens (including Eleanor Roosevelt’s Victory Garden in World War II) that came before, the White House children who have played there, and the teamwork, involving local children as well as the Obama family and White House staff, that led to the garden now flourishing on the South Lawn.