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My Garden

My Garden

by Kevin Henkes (Author)

  • Used

    Picture Book 2010

    $8.49
Synopsis

The girl in this book grows chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells in her garden. How does your garden grow?

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More Information

Format: Picture Book
 Pages: 40
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 01 Mar 2010
ISBN 10: 0061715174
ISBN 13: 9780061715174

Media Reviews
With its adroit look at a child's colorful imagination, My Garden is as fresh and inviting as spring after winter. -- Horn Book (starred review)
Henkes gives the young storyteller a matter-of-fact voice and a sly sense of humor, while dewy watercolors and ink picture her reveling in a magical world of plants, birds, and butterflies. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Imagination grows and spreads from the fertile pages of this book to the minds of young readers...A must for every library. -- School Library Journal (starred review)
This intimate exploration of a child's burgeoning imagination hits every note right...Just plain perfect. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author Bio
Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors-one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller-and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com Kevin Henkes has been praised both as a writer and as an illustrator. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors-one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller-and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com