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Grandpa Farouk's Garden


Book Reviewed by Tabitha Makumi, Enabling Support Foundation Communications and PR.

Saving the environment a tree at a time and talking about climate change can start at an early age.  With Enabling Support Foundation working on a new curriculum which delves into environment and conservation, Grandpa Farouk’s Garden is a brilliant book for early child reading. 

Authored by Sam Vien Riet, Matthew Kalil and Nina Lewis, Grandpa Farouk’s Garden gets into the action of saving the environment by planting trees, flowers wherever one might be and letting children be involved.

Set in the urban developed world, Grandpa Farouk’s tale walks in the world of how much one can do to make the world around them better, livelier and more habitable.  

That’s just not it, the book will move discussions around pest control and organic farming. Topics of which should be covered during early reading. 

Get Grandpa Farouk’s which is free on Book Dash and start saving the environment one topic, book , conversation at a time.

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