Bøker av Larry Cipolla

This is a first-of-its-kind book. A bilingual book that you and the children will enjoy. Why are folks fascinated with fire, fire trucks, and fire fighters? Learn why and how fire fighters keep us safe. This is a unique fun, entertaining, and educational book for people who want to learn and practice Spanish and English. Get involved the easy way through words, experiential activities, and full color images. Perfect for learning, practicing, engaging parent-child, teacher-student (K-8), and continuous adult-senior stimulation. The 98 pages include more than 100 photographs and images. This easy to read bi-lingual book is three books in one.The first part includes an educational story about an excited boy and girl who want to become firefighters. They share their thoughts and dreams about why they want to become firefighters and why they are so important and critical in our lives. Read, sing, and interact with Anthony and Rose Marie as they share their adventure with you. The second part includes fun interactive exercises and activities to encourage you to get more involved. Visit a fire station to talk with firemen and see their equipment. Go to a library to read more. Learn how to create an effective fire safety plan, how to prepare your family and home, and what to do if there is a fire, and more.The third part is an entertaining image book for expressing individual creativity.

This book is the FULL COLOR EDITION.Are you worried about food safety and supply? Worry no more. There has never been a better time to take control of what you eat, by growing your own delicious, healthful produce all year long. In this comprehensive guidebook, Master Gardener Larry Cipolla tells you exactly what to do and how to do it, sharing proven gardening techniques - both soil-based and hydroponic - that use no pesticides or herbicides. Why This Book Now? Because now is the perfect time to join the movement of homegrown goodness and enjoy the bounty from your very own victory garden! There are many books and articles written about victory gardens, hydroponics, and soil-based gardening. This is the first book that brings it all together for you. No matter where you live - in a house with a yard, a townhouse, or a high-rise apartment building - this book will show you how to integrate soil-based and hydroponic gardening for a year-round food supply that is safe, sustainable, and simply delicious.Beginning and seasoned gardeners alike will benefit from Larry Cipolla's tried-and-true gardening methods that allow you and your family to grow vegetables and herbs with less labor, less maintenance, less expense, the very easy way. You will love being more self-reliant - and less dependent on the grocery store!Comprehensive. Creating Sustainable Victory Gardens is a first of its kind resource that integrates soil-and-hydroponic-based practices whether you garden at ground level, with containers, raised or elevated beds, or grow vertically. The eight modules describe and illustrate different gardening methods with 275 photos and graphics and more than 100 step-by-step DIY projects, each starting with simple, easy options that do not require the use of tools or gardening experience. There is an extensive bibliography and a helpful index that will allow you to locate specific topics, quickly and easily within the 460 pages.Larry designed this book for gardeners and non-gardeners of all ages - basically anyone who wants to enjoy homegrown vegetables and herbs that are as safe and sustainable as they are tasty. No green thumb required!If you are a seasoned gardener, this book can reinforce and enhance what you are already doing. If you are new to gardening, the step-by-step instructions will make creating and maintaining your garden easy and stress-free. Creating Sustainable Victory Gardens is designed for gardeners of all ages and abilities, which means your success will depend on just two things: your motivation and your willingness to have fun! You will be proud about what you can do. Your friends and neighbors will be proud of what you have done.Larry Cipolla is a life-long learner and gardener, master gardener, and hydroponics expert. Larry lives and gardens in Minnesota.