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Do you remember reading Miss Rumphius? Remember the warm feelings evoked by the pictures of the endless fields of lupines? We think that's how all spring books should make you feel. Our favorite new spring books are the Miss Rumphiuses for young urbanites, with timely messages of transformation and green living.
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Featured Titles in Children's - Urban Gardening
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The Gardener
by Sarah Stewart and David Small
Publisher Comments
By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library.
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation... (read more)
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Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney
Publisher Comments
As a child, Great-Aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful — and she does all those things, the last being the most... (read more)
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Seedfolks (Joanna Colter Books)
by Paul Fleischman
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A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden. Especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant her... (read more)
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The Curious Garden
by Peter Brown
Staff Pick
This tender, hopeful story is reminiscent of the classic Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. A tale of a boy who creates an urban garden, The Curious Garden is the perfect book for brightening up the drab winter.... (read more)
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Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone (08 Edition)
by Timothy Basil Ering
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"Frog Belly plants the idea that with some strategy, good communication, and goodwill, you can grow wonderful things." — PORTLAND PRESS HERALD Once upon a time, in a gray endless place called Cementland, there lived a boy who wished... (read more)
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Chicken and Cat
by Sara Varon
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Friendship has never been sweeter with this charming picture book by emerging artist Sara Varon. Cat comes to the big city to stay with best friend, Chicken. The city is exciting (and there's so much to do!) but after a while Cat pines for the country... (read more)
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