Synopses & Reviews
In this backyard garden,each memory is harvested
like a giant orange pumpkin,
each hardship is weathered
like a sudden winter snowfall,
each relative is nurtured
like a fresh fragile sapling,
and love blossoms like flowers
all year round.
The acclaimed, best-selling author of Sophie's Masterpiece, When Mama Comes Home Tonight, and Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch invites young readers to step out the back door and into a family garden where plants aren't the only things growing.
Synopsis
A backyard garden springs to life in 17 cheerful poems which follow a child through a year filled with everything from blooming crocus in the spring to holly boughs for Christmas. Full color.
About the Author
An avid gardener,
Eileen Spinelli has planted the seed for many an outstanding picture book. Some of her best-known titles include
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, which was an IRA/CBC Children's Choice book and won a Christopher Award;
When Mama Comes Home Tonight, which was a
Publishers Weekly best-seller; and most recently,
Sophie's Masterpiece, which was published to numerous starred reviews. She lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania.