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"Miguel searches for sunflowers to take to his community garden party in this vibrant, diverse exploration of gardening and healthy eating"--

A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. Pregnant Maricela. Amir from India. A sense of community sprouts and spreads. Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding...

"Celebremos la llegada de la noche con este cuento relajante y encantador, ideal para que las plantas, ¡y también los humanos!, lo lean antes de irse a dormir"--Back cover. "Celebrate the turning of day to night in this charming bedtime story perfect for plants - and humans! - everywhere!"--Back cover.

In the city an abandoned lot squeezed between two buildings becomes a community garden.

"A lively afternoon together in Nana's garden is full of laughter, discovery, and connection. In lyrical text that blends past and present"--

"Join the How to Catch kids as they try to catch a magical Garden Fairy"--

Using "The House That Jack Built" rhyme scheme, a young girl plants a seed and follows its journey from sprout to vine to the final fruit which she then uses to bake a pie. Includes information on pumpkins and a pumpkin pie recipe.

"Growing and harvesting an herb garden can be fun and oh so satisfying--even in the dead of winter"--

A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.

In this creative non-fiction story, Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans. In this warm and inclusive story by U.S. Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, inspired by her own childhood diagnosis of diabetes, readers join along as differently abled kids use their strengths to work together and learn about each other.