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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100152023720

ISBN-139780152023720

eBay Product ID (ePID)912450

Product Key Features

Book TitleFlower Garden

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicHolidays & Celebrations / Birthdays, Poetry (See Also Stories in Verse), Family / Parents, Nature & The Natural World / General (See Also Headings under Animals), People & Places / United States / African American, General, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)

IllustratorYes, Hewitt, Kathryn

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorEve Bunting

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight4.8 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width8.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN92-025766

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"An intimate family portrait."-Parenting "An inspiration for younger children and their parents."-The Boston Globe "Fresh as a daisy."-Publishers Weekly, "An intimate family portrait."e"Parenting "An inspiration for younger children and their parents."e"The Boston Globe "Fresh as a daisy."e"Publishers Weekly, "Should be a staple in every spring storyhour."-- School Library Journal "An inspiration for younger children and their parents."-- The Boston Globe, "An intimate family portrait."--Parenting "An inspiration for younger children and their parents."--The Boston Globe "Fresh as a daisy."--Publishers Weekly, "An intimate family portrait."—Parenting "An inspiration for younger children and their parents."—The Boston Globe "Fresh as a daisy."—Publishers Weekly, Kindergarten-Grade 1-A comforting, richly illustrated story about a birthday surprise. An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child's mother. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy. A reassuring choice for reading aloud.Barbara Peklo Abrahams, Oneida City Schools, Manlius, NY, A girl and her father create a window box as a birthday present for her mother. PW said, "The plot scarcely portends the appeal of this lyrical, ebullient book." Ages 3-7.

Grade FromPreschool

Dewey Decimal813.5/4

Grade ToThird Grade

Synopsis"An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child's mother. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy." -- School Library Journal, In this warm and sunny picture book, follow the progress of a little girl and her father as they put together a wonderful birthday surprise for mom: a window box flower garden. After the pansies, tulips, daffodils, geraniums, and daisies are purchased and dad and daughter take them home on the bus, they're lovingly planted in the window box. Candles on the cake are lighted--just as Mom walks in the door to find her daughter, her husband, and her birthday surprise. "Wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present scenes from novel angles, and depict a loving family with a sense of intimacy, sincerity, and joy."--School Library Journal

LC Classification NumberPS3568.O243