Joy Takes Root
$41.18
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2023
Summary
In her grandmother’s garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature.
It’s Joy’s first summer in her grandmother’s South Carolina garden—a rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine.
There in Grammy’s abundant backyard, Joy learns to listen for the heartb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593406786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593406788 |
| Author: | Gwendolyn Wallace, Ashleigh Corrin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Kokila |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 437g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 289mm x 9mm |
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Critics Review
PRAISE FOR JOY TAKES ROOT Black Caucus American Library Association Best of the Best 2023 “A quiet, thoughtful tale that promotes mindfulness, intentionality, gratitude, and connection.” –Kirkus Reviews“Moving… a reap-what-you-sow telling that considers what’s been given and what’s yet to come.” –Publishers Weekly“A beautiful ode to both the natural world and intergenerational cultural wisdom that imbues the sequential steps of planting a garden with a deeply felt spirituality.” –The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
About The Author
Gwendolyn Wallace
Gwendolyn Wallace graduated from Yale in 2021 and currently works for the International African American Museum. A budding herbalist, her debut children’s book Joy Takes Root was inspired by her own experiences gardening with her grandmother in South Carolina. Her next picture book, The Light She Feels Inside (Sourcebooks) will publish Fall 2023.
Ashleigh Corrin is a graphic designer by day, illustrator by night. Her talent comes from her late grandmother, who inspired Ashleigh to serve people’s unique stories with creativity. With her illustrations, she hopes to contribute to good laughs, nostalgia, vulnerability, transparency, and seeing the light in ourselves and others.
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