We Are a Garden
A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America
$42.59
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2021
Summary
This lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centuries.
Long ago a strong wind blew. It blew people, like seeds, to a new land.
The wind blew in a girl and her clan, where herds of mammoths still wandered the frozen tundra. It later blew a boy and his family across frigid waters, and they spread across the new land. Over time, the wind continued to disperse newcomers from all direc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593123133 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593123131 |
| Author: | Lisa Westberg Peters, Victoria Tentler-Krylov |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Schwartz & Wade |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 578g |
| Dimensions: | 267mm x 267mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
“Enlightening, visually gorgeous, and emotionally moving.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Enlightening, visually gorgeous, and emotionally moving.” –Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Lisa Westberg Peters
Lisa Westberg Peters is the author of nineteen children’s books, including Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story, winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Her first book, The Sun, The Wind and the Rain, was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book, and many of her titles have received starred reviews. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, but they spend much of their time at their cabin in northwestern Wisconsin.
Victoria Tentler-Krylov grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and studied architecture and urban design at Cooper Union and Columbia University. Victoria’s artwork has been published by Pink Giraffe Books in Russia and by Spider magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, and Flutter Magazine in the US. She is the illustrator of Just Read! by Lori Degman. Her first book, a picture-book read-aloud of Peter Pan, was published by Quarto. She lives with her family just outside Boston, MA.
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