"Late in the summer of 1935, Lydia Graceapos;s parents
are out of work, and to help make ends meet they send Lydia Grace
to live with Uncle Jim, a baker in the city...Told entirely through
letters, the story radiates her utterly and convincingly sunny
personality...[An] inspiring offering from creative collaborators."
--Starred, Publishers Weekly
"A moving, wonderfully rich illustrated story. It is that
rarity, a pictorial delight that in 20 double pages gives more and
more of itself eac
內容簡介:
Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big
gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a
cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation,
bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to
customersapos; faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in
a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece -- an
ambitious rooftop garden -- which she hopes will make even Uncle
Jim smile. Sarah Stewart introduces readers to an engaging and
determined young heroine, whose story is told through letters
written home, while David Smallapos;s illustrations
beautifully evoke the Depression-era setting.
關於作者:
Sarah Stewartis the author of The Money
Treeand The Library.
Her husband, David Small, illustrated those books as well
as many others, including George Washingtonapos;s
Cowsand Fenwickapos;s Suit. Ms. Stewart and Mr.
Small live in Michigan.