How does this city garden grow? With help from Lil Sissy and her siblingsand love, love, love! A celebration of nature, family, and food.Visiting the city from her home in the suburbs, an African American girl sees how a few packets of seeds, some helping hands, and hard work transform an empty lot in a housing project into a magical place where vegetables grow and family gathers. Its the magic of nature in the heart of the city!Bernette Fords autobiographical story is a loving glimpse at a girl, her siblings, and her uncle, and their shared passion for farming. Ll Sissys fascination with measurement, comparison, and estimation introduces children to STEM concepts. And the progress of Uncle Johns garden introduces readers to the life cycle of plants.Frank Morrison, winner of multiple Coretta Scott King awards and an NAACP Image Award, depicts dramatic cityscapes as well as the luscious colors and textures of Nature. A Smithsonian Magazine Best Childrens Book of the YearA BCCB Blue Ribbon BookA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Binding: Paperback;32 pages; Publisher: Holiday House Inc; Classification: YFB; Weight: 266 g; Dimensions: 197 x 279 x 7

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