The Gardener by Sarah Stewart; David Small (Illustrator)
By the author-and-illustrator team of the bestsellingThe 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, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece -- an ambitious rooftop garden -- which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and determinedyoung heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small's illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting. The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.
Call Number: E St493g 1997
ISBN: 0374325170
Publication Date: 1997-08-30
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Harlem by
A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.
Call Number: 811.54 M992h 1997ISBN: 0590543407Publication Date: 1997-02-01
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Call Number: 782.42162 T111t 1997ISBN: 0670869392Publication Date: 1997-09-01
