ISBN: 9780735844841
Editorial: NorthSouth Books
Autor: Tucker, Zoë
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 32
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: To everything there is a season in this beautiful story about gardening, seasons, and treasured memories.This inspiring picture book written by Zoë Tucker and illustrated by Julianna Swaney—the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of We Are the Gardeners by Joanna Gaines—celebrates the friendship between a young girl and an elderly woman as they plant seeds in a community garden alongside friends and neighbors, waiting for the seeds to flower. By mid-summer, the friends welcome a rainbow of color in the garden and picnics in the sun. At harvest, the young girl’s elderly friend is bed-ridden, but jubilant as they share baskets with red tomatoes and snap peas amid the sweet smell of lavender. When the last leaves fall, everything is different. But in the spring, hope arises anew.ReviewIn a community garden, a young girl and an elderly lady plant seeds in a garden of hope. With anticipation, they watch and wait for the first signs of growth. They whisper their dreams to the tiny sprouts, and in a wink of time, an abundance of beauty and delightful aromas surround them. At season’s end, they collect the fallen seeds and wrap them like treasured gifts. As winter approaches, the young girl mourns the loss of her companion. Memories of her are stored deep within the pits. In the springtime, they bless her with their magical blooms and the spiritual presence of one not forgotten. This is a beautiful story about a special bond between two seemingly disparate people––one a small girl and the other an old lady––who share a love for the natural world. The child learns an invaluable lesson from their relationship: when loved ones leave this life, they live on through precious remembrances of them. This poignant message will help children experiencing their own losses, and because of the sweet and subtle style of the author as well as the warm, heartfelt illustrations, readers ages five to nine won’t be left feeling sad but instead touched and hopeful. ― Manhattan Book ReviewConnection blooms between a child and elderly companion during a spring and summer spent tending to potted vegetables and flowers planted in a space between brick buildings. Beginning with seeds (“each little dot full of hope and promise”) the tan-skinned pair wait for shoots to emerge and “whisper stories to each one.” The book quickly pivots to a bountiful harvest shared with neighbors of varying ages and skin tones. As the duo companionably save seeds, the older companion works from bed, briefly and suddenly foreshadowing emotional concluding scenes that extend the book’s theme of seasonality as well as life and death. Tucker’s lyrical prose emphasizes sensory experience (“We lie on a blanket in the grass and/ listen to the gentle hum of the honeybee”), while delicate accompanying illustrations by Swaney are washed with sage green and accented by rust oranges and warm harvest reds. ― Publishers WeeklyThe process of tending to a garden, and to friendships, is beautifully delineated as the women guide the girl through the stages of gardening and they all wait, visiting, napping, reading. The text conveys the sights, smells, and sounds of a garden, while the illustrations, done in pastels, feature the garden’s plenty in gorgeous detail. ― BooklistWords and pictures work together seamlessly to connect the ending of the older woman’s life to the natural progressions of the world, such as the passing of the seasons. It’s handled with such sensitivity that younger readers will be able to take in exactly as much of this message as they are ready for. While many children’s books address the loss of a grandparent, the fact that the narrator’s relationship to her older friend is never specified allows for more points of identification, enabling The Garden We Share to guide young readers through a wider range of losses. The next spring, the narrator returns to the garden to plant the seeds she and her friend collected the previous year. “And
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