The Adventures of Archie Artichoke - A Garden's Search for Water

A Garden’s Search for Water takes children to a beautiful garden where an interesting community of vegetables lives with their engaging leader, Archie Artichoke. Archie and his friends hike to a distant garden, where the vegetables there have lost their source of water and the garden has become sick. During their search for answers, Archie and his friends find that a spirited group of forest animals have caused the water to stop flowing. Now it’s up to Archie to convince them to change their ways. How will he do it?

This children’s story introduces the topic: “everyone deserves the right to have water.” It is an important discussion being debated in national and international forums as it relates to our homeland and to health in the developing world. The book contains many dynamic illustrations to enhance its narrative.

Besides being fun to read, A Garden’s Search for Water is designed to teach children about:

1. Accomplishing a difficult task and solving problems;

2. Working with others to achieve a common goal;

3. The importance of water for life;

4. Caring, helping others, and friendship; and

5. Of course, the names of many important vegetables.

The Adventures of Archie Artichoke – A Garden’s Search for Water is the second illustrated book in a series of stories written about a remarkable garden community of vegetables.

The age group for the Adventures of Archie Artichoke series is between four and nine years old. The narrative is designed to be read to a younger child. Older children will delight in reading the books on their own.

Because the book is relatively long for a children’s story, it is divided into four sections so it can be read one section at a time over several days.

More information about the Archie Artichoke series, along with songs used in the story, can be found on www.ArchieArtichoke.com. Illustrations of the vegetable characters, suitable for coloring, can be downloaded from the website, as well.