This Year's Garden

by Cynthia Rylant, Mary Szilagyi (Illustrator)

Overview

This Year's Garden follows the seasons of the year as reflected in the growth, life, and death of the garden of a large rural family.

The annual gardening cycle is celebrated in a lovingly illustrated, full-color panorama of fertile scenes that you won't want to miss.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689711220
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	03/31/1987
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	570L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Editorial Reviews

A pigtailed little girl tells how she and her family work through the seasons on the garden. In PW's words: ``Stunningly evocative, the paintings are a remarkable combination of deep tones and glittering shades. This is a lovely, unpretentious story.'' (5-8)

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