In this Caldecott Honor Book, its 1935, and when her family cant make ends meet, young Lydia Grace is sent to live with her Uncle Jim, a baker in the city.
However, Lydia takes her love for gardening with her and sets out to make grumpy Uncle Jim smile.
Full color.
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 Smalls illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Childrens Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.
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