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Peachtree Publishers, 2012-03-04

Seed Magic

Seed Magic

Jane Buchanan, Author

Charlotte Riley-Webb, Illustrator

Hardcover

9781561456222

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In this lyrical picture book, Rose, a young garden-lover, takes a gift from the crazy old Birdman, who sits in his wheelchair surrounded by ugly gray pigeons. She discovers that even in the soil-less, gray city, there are ways to make a beautiful garden. Illustrations.
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Keywords and Themes: African American & Black • Animals • Birds • City & Town Life • General • JUV002040 • JUV011010 • JUV023000 • JUV029000 • Juvenile Fiction • Lifestyles • Science & Nature

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 32

Subjects • Birds • Inner cities • African Americans

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | General • Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black • Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | City & Town Life • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds

How can Rose bring her dreams of a colorful garden full of red and yellow and blue flowers to life in a barren, gray city?

Crazy old Birdman sits in his wheelchair all day, feeding seeds to the pigeons. He says pigeons are beautiful, but Rose thinks pigeons are dirty and gray, like the dirty, gray city. She dreams of gardens like the ones she sees in her library books, filled with blue lupines, red geraniums, and yellow sunflowers.

So Birdman fills Rose's hands with seeds black as tar and slick as oil, seeds that he says are magic. Rose plants those seeds outside her window and waits. Soon, just as Birdman promised, a singing garden appears before her eyes--a flurry of red and yellow and blue, drawn to Rose's window by seed magic.

Jane Buchanan's rhythmic prose and Charlotte Riley-Webb's vibrant and striking illustrations bring to life a story of community, connection, hope, and unexpected beauty.

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