Synopses & Reviews
With a little help from a watering can, bright sunlight, and a lot of patience, two friends plant seeds in their community garden and watch how they grow. Slowly, the seeds turn into sprouts, which grow into stems, followed by leaves and buds! The garden will soon be teeming with life and ready for a harvest season celebration. But until then, the children water and wait and dream . . .
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“…[a] fresh celebration of gardening as food for both body and soul.”--Kirkus
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“…poetic and evocative…”--School Library Journal
“From its handsome title-page introduction of fourteen vegetable-garden plants to the useful facts and tips arrayed on seed packets on its last page, this is an inspiring celebration of planning, growing, and enjoying the results of a community garden.”--Horn Book Magazine
“…[a] fresh celebration of gardening as food for both body and soul.”--Kirkus
“…a quiet yet engaging presentation that is sure to inspire gardening attempts by young readers. The generous size of the book and the illustrations also make this a good choice for small-group sharing.”--Booklist
“Christensens (The Princess of Borscht) sturdy, wood engraving-style illustrations show carrots, pumpkins, chard, and beans that look good enough to eat…”--Publishers Weekly
Review
“…poetic and evocative…”--School Library Journal
“From its handsome title-page introduction of fourteen vegetable-garden plants to the useful facts and tips arrayed on seed packets on its last page, this is an inspiring celebration of planning, growing, and enjoying the results of a community garden.”--Horn Book Magazine
“…[a] fresh celebration of gardening as food for both body and soul.”--Kirkus
“…a quiet yet engaging presentation that is sure to inspire gardening attempts by young readers. The generous size of the book and the illustrations also make this a good choice for small-group sharing.”--Booklist
“Christensens (The Princess of Borscht) sturdy, wood engraving-style illustrations show carrots, pumpkins, chard, and beans that look good enough to eat…”--Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Bonnie Christensen is the author and illustrator of the Schneider Family Book Award winner Django and Woodie Guthrie: Poet of the People, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and a New York Times Notable Book. Her illustrations also appear in the London Folio Society's edition of The Grapes of Wrath and over ten children's books, including Pompeii, Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne. Most recently, she illustrated The Princess of Borscht, written by Leda Schubert, for Roaring Brook Press. She lives in Wilson, North Carolina.