What Information Do Readers Learn From The Pictures That Lydia Grace Does Not Tell In Her Story

It's Perfect Moving picture Book Fri! And, yes, I know… information technology HAS been a long time since I've reviewed a film book. I'll tell yous what, though–this book (The Gardener) truly inspired me to practice then. Published waaaaay dorsum in 1997, it is one of the most wonderful, understated, and memorable picture books that I've read in a long time. (And I can't believe information technology has never been reviewed on PPBF! My lucky day!) Take a await…

The Gardener

Written by:  Sarah Stewart
Illustrated past: David Minor

Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1997

Awards/Recognition:

New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Volume of the Year (1997)
Caldecott Award (1998)

(Both are incredibly well-deserved.)

Themes/Topics:Hard work, perseverance, mental toughness, staying positive in the face of adversity, always looking on the bright side (yeah, redundant, only it bears repeating here)

Suitable for:  Pre-school through Grade 2

Opening Lines:

(In alphabetic character format):

August 27, 1935

Dear Uncle Jim,

Grandma told usa afterward supper that you lot want me to come to the city and live with yous until things become amend. Did she tell you that Papa has been out of work for a long time?

Brief Synopsis:

(From Amazon): 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 information technology is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece — an aggressive rooftop garden — which she hopes volition make fifty-fifty Uncle Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters written home, while David Small-scale'southward illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.

Reviews:

From Publishers Weekly
"Speaks volumes almost the vast impact one modest private tin make."

From Booklist
Ages v-8. Stewart's placidity story, relayed in the course of letters written by a footling girl, focuses on a child who literally makes joy blossom. Small'southward illustrations are a bit more softly focused than usual, only they're nevertheless recognizably his, with wonderfully expressive characters, ink-line details, and patches of pastel. Their muted backgrounds convey perfectly the urban 1930s setting where most of the story takes place. When hard times striking her family, Lydia Grace is shipped off to stay with her somber, undemonstrative uncle who owns a city baker. She makes the best of her stay by helping out and by pursuing her favorite pastime, gardening, a talent she uses to brand her uncle smile–in a very unusual way. In the end, she receives not simply one advantage for her kindness but two. Stephanie Zvirin –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Links to Resource:

Here are some nifty sites to teach kids about the Nifty Depression:

For kids:

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/bug/great-depression-for-kids/

Lesson Plans:

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/corking-depression/lessonplans.html

Why I Like This Book:

First of all, who doesn't love a well done historical fiction PICTURE Book? And it's presented in personal letter format from a little girl's perspective. What I loved most almost it was the underlying theme of transformation— the transformation of the metropolis that the little girl has to move to (it begins to transform after she starts creating flower boxes all over), the transformation of the attitude of the customers and people, and the transformation of the grumpy uncle who never smiled. And all because of an extremely happy, positive piffling daughter who has been uprooted from her home life on a farm to live in the big city… yet she is full of joy nigh flowers and her life. She tin can only come across the good. What a astounding message for niggling ones!

The last spread brought a tear to my eye. (Yeah, but one, but it was a good 1.)

Read this one. Don't miss information technology. I would bet it'll bring a tear (or two) to your eyes likewise.

And don't miss Perfect Picture Book Fri— see the latest and greatest on Susanna Leonard Loma'southward website every Fri.

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