The Gardener

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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, 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 determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small's illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting. The Gardeneris a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780374325176
ISBN10 0374325170
Series/Work OL12355648W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

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