Mrs. Spitzer's Garden Hardcover – Picture Book, May 14, 2001

This is a cute story about a teacher who tends to her garden each year taking care of her seeds giving them what they need to grow. This is a great gift idea for teachers.

Such a sweet book - Pair it with a nice potted plant or gift card and it makes an easy and meaningful teacher gift!

Perfect book for Team building.

Mrs. Spitzer's school principal gives her a packet of flower seeds at the beginning of the school year. As a teacher, Mrs. Spitzer planted and tended to the plants that bloomed as wonderful flowers. My granddaughter's Kindergarten teacher read this at the Kindergarten graduation while she and the students acted the story out in a sweet, simple style. The analogy, of course, is that the seeds were the students at the start of the year and the flowers were the same students at the end of the year after being cultivated, watered and nurtured. As my granddaughter entered First Grade on her sixth birthday I gave her this book as a birthday gift. She seemed surprised and happy to see it. I told her that she was now a new little seed for her new teacher. I'd never heard this story before but I loved it and would recommend it for kids as they begin school or anytime and for teachers and parents too.

I purchased a copy of this book for my own classroom and was so impressed that I purchased three more as gifts for my teacher friends. This book would be a perfect gift for a teacher, teacher co-worker, or anyone who works with children. Mrs. Spitzer's Garden perfectly sums up the role of educators in a heartfelt and touching way.

I have really enjoyed using this as a gift for my student teachers when they are graduating. Spoiler: It's a very sweet story about how a teacher gets seeds from the principal at the beginning of the year and how she cares for them and that they all have different needs, until they are all a beautiful garden. It is a very sweet story. I think it can be read to students as well, but I do think it is more meaningful for an adult. Highly recommend this book.

I asked my friend, who was a kindergarten teacher, what was the most special gift she got from a child, and she said this book. I ordered it with a pretty bookmark and my child said her teacher cried. It is a beautiful book!!

This is the perfect gift for your favorite teacher. I received one and would read it to my class on the last day of school. They loved it too.