The Gardener (Caldecott Honor Book) |
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| Author:
| Stewart, Sarah |
| Illustrator:
| Small, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-374-32517-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR) |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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"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...[An] inspiring offering from creative collaborators." --Starred, Publishers Weekly "A moving, wonderfully rich illustrated story. It is that rarity, a pictorial delight that in 20 double pages gives more...
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"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...[An] inspiring offering from creative collaborators." --Starred, Publishers Weekly
"A moving, wonderfully rich illustrated story. 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." --The New York Times Book Review
The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.