This week in the library, we read two Caldecott Award Winners. One was "The Gardener" by Sarah Stewart with pictures by David Small. Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim until her father is able to find a job. Set during the Great Depression, this book celebrates a colorful young girl who brings color and light to a drab corner bakery through planting many flowers. The illustrations are particularly beautiful. Small uses color to enhance the influence that Lydia Grace has on everyone around her. By the end of the book and after almost a year together, even Uncle Jim--who does not smile--can't help but show how Lydia Grace has influenced him. This story is written through letters that Lydia Grace writes to her family back home.
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