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Reviewed on April 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
PreS-Gr 2—In this cumulative poem à la "The House That Jack Built," Isabella plants a garden. Her friends, wide-eyed children standing with their bare feet in the dark soil, help her water and tend it as the sun shines, the rain falls, and the seeds become shoots seeking the sun. They fly kites as Isabella's buttercups "waltz with the wind," and a chick in a thistledown vest hatches from its nest in an apple tree. The chi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
"These are the seeds that sleep in the soil, all dark and deep, in Isabella's garden." Isabella's garden starts with a simple s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More