The Gardener: A Synopsis of the Principles and Practice of His Art and Calling (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0282768521 ISBN 13: 9780282768522

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Gardener: A Synopsis of the Principles and Practice of His Art and Calling

It may be further Observed that the book, as giving a description of the duties of the Gardener, Will prove useful, on the one hand, in helping a youth who is about to choose his future occupation in life to decide whether or not gardening appears to be a calling suitable for him, and one which he could follow up with interest and perseverance; and on the other, to remmd those who have decided on taking up the vocation of a gardener, of what they have to do from day to day, and how it may best be done.

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About this title

About the Author:

Husband and wife duo Sarah Stewart and David Small have worked together on several picture books, including The Friend, The Money Tree, and The Library. The Gardener is a Caldecott Honor book. Small has also illustrated other books, including the 2001 Caldecott Medal winner So You Want to Be President?, by Judith St. George. Stewart and Small live in a historic home on a bend of the St. Joseph River in Michigan.

From Kirkus Reviews:

This latest collaboration from Stewart and Small (The Library, 1995, not reviewed) is the Depression-era story of young Lydia Grace Finch, whose family's financial woes are the occasion for Lydia's extended stay in the city with dour Uncle Jim. Lydia's letters to her parents and Grandma, her beloved gardening partner, tell of her adjustment to the city, her work in her uncle's bakery, and of her determination to make her uncle smile. Meanwhile, the pictures show Lydia's gradual transformation of the drab shop and their apartment ``over the store,'' as she plants the seeds from Grandma in pots and tubs and flowerboxes in every possible space. Her piŠce de r‚sistance is the lush roof garden she cultivates in secret and springs on her uncle on the Fourth of July, earning Uncle Jim's equivalent of ``one thousand smiles,'' a huge cake elaborately decorated with flowers. It's a lovely story exemplifying the old adage, ``Brighten the corner where you are,'' and a good introduction to the epistolary form of storytelling. Small's marvelous pictures show the city in all its gritty variety- -pushcarts, pigeons, packing crates, fire escapes, awnings, nuns, bums, and dogs--and the scrawny, smiling bakery cat, Otis. (Picture book. 6+) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0282768521
• ISBN 13: 9780282768522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152