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The Gardener

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Square Fish, May 1, 2007 - Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages
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 Small's illustrations beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.

The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.

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The illustrations are simple, yet full of life. - Goodreads
The pictures in this book are phenomenal as well. - Goodreads
The illustrations are accurate as well. - Goodreads
The illustrations in this book are perfect. - Goodreads
I adore David Small's illustrations. - Goodreads
The illustrations in this story are beautiful! - Goodreads

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User Review  - Abby - Goodreads

After reading this book, David Small is one of my favorite illustrators. His most notable book is probably "So You Want to Be President" which won him a Caldecot, and was delightful (see his ... Read full review

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User Review  - Jessica Berry - Goodreads

This book is about a young girl named Lydia Grace Finch. She lives with her Grandma, Mama, and Papa, but she has to move to another city to live with her Uncle Jim until her parents can get back in ... Read full review

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References from web pages

The Gardener by Sarah Stewart - HI Study Guide
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart. Summary. When Lydia Grace's father loses his job during the Great Depression, she is sent to the city to live with crabby ...
www.uiowa.edu/ ~humiowa/ gardener7.html

The Gardener, Day Two
Students will determine the genre of The Gardener by Sarah Stewart, classify words from the story, and complete a written quiz which includes implicit ...
www.glc.k12.ga.us/ BuilderV03/ LPTools/ LPShared/ lpdisplay.asp?LPID=15935

CHILDREN'S BOOKS; The Flowering of Uncle Jim - New York Times
Set in 1935, ''The Gardener'' is the deceptively simple story of a young country ... Indeed, flowers are the chief motif and metaphor of ''The Gardener'' ...
query.nytimes.com/ gst/ fullpage.html?res=9506E1D81739F935A25752C1A961958260& sec=& spon=& pagewanted=print

Picture Books: Sarah Stewart: The Gardener
The Gardener Sarah Stewart David Small (Illustrator). Publisher: Sunburst ISBN: 0374425183 Year of Publication: 2000 Page Count: 40 ...
www.wazia.com/ wazia/ detail.do?bookId=206

Sarah Stewart - The Library and The Gardener
Sarah Stewart, Carly Simon's Midnight Farm, Peter Spiers' Noah's Ark, The Librarian by Sarah Stewart
www.embracingthechild.org/ Bookspecialstewart.htm

The Gardener (quakerbooks)
The Gardener. BY SARAH STEWART, ILLUSTRATED BY DAVID SMALL. Brief Description: Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the city, where she goes ...
www.quakerbooks.org/ the_gardener.php

Of Cabbages & Kings
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart with illustrations by David Small, ... Set in the 1930s Great Depression era, The Gardener features a young country girl, ...
ofcabbageskings.blogspot.com/ 2007/ 07/ blog-post.html

The Gardener Magazine - for everyone who loves gardening
The Gardener contact details:. 3 Haygarth Road, Kloof. PO Box 626, Kloof 3640 ... Save & Win when you subscribe to The Gardener magazine. ...
www.thegardener.co.za/ contact.htm

gardening
Read The Gardener by Sarah Stewart. Discuss Lydia and her gardening. ... The Gardener. ny: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-3251 7-0. ...
www.uni.edu/ gai/ Lesson_plans/ gardening.htm

Lesson Plan - Philanthropic Puppets on Parade
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart; Chart paper and markers; Puppet stage; Large auditorium ... The Gardener. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. ISBN: 0374325170 ...
www.learningtogive.org/ lessons/ unit183/ lesson4.html

About the author (2007)

Husband and wife duo Sarah Stewart and David Small have worked together on several picture books, including The Friend, The Money Tree, and The Library. The Gardener is a Caldecott Honor book. Small has also illustrated other books, including the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner So You Want to Be President?, by Judith St. George. Stewart and Small live in a historic home on a bend of the St. Joseph River in Michigan.

Bibliographic information

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TitleThe Gardener
AuthorSarah Stewart
Illustrated byDavid Small
Editionillustrated, reissue
PublisherSquare Fish, 2007
ISBN031236749X, 9780312367497
Length40 pages
Subjects ›  ›  › 

Juvenile Fiction / Family / General
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / 20th Century
Juvenile Fiction / Lifestyles / City & Town Life
Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World / General
  
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