![]() It is that rarity, a pictorial delight that in 20 double pages gives more and more of itself each time it's read, and whose silent complexities reveal themselves with continuing pleasure. “A moving, wonderfully rich illustrated story. inspiring offering from creative collaborators.” - Starred, Publishers Weekly To ease the Depressions burdens on her family, an irrepressible girl spends the summer with her dour baker. ![]() 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. From the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library. “Late in the summer of 1935, Lydia Grace's parents are out of work, and to help make ends meet they send Lydia Grace to live with Uncle Jim, a baker in the city.Told entirely through letters, the story radiates her utterly (and convincingly) sunny personality. Farrar Straus Giroux, 6.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-8-0. The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book. ![]()
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