Katie's Cabbage (Young Palmetto Books) - Hardcover

Stagliano, Katie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1611175046 ISBN 13: 9781611175042

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2014

Synopsis

Katie's Cabbage is the inspirational true story of how Katie Stagliano, a third grader from Summerville, South Carolina, grew a forty-pound cabbage in her backyard and donated it to help feed 275 people at a local soup kitchen. In her own words, Katie shares the story of the little cabbage seedling and the big ideas of generosity and service that motivated her to turn this experience into Katie's Krops, a national youth movement aimed at ending hunger one vegetable garden at a time. Katie's Cabbage reminds us of how small things can grow and thrive when nurtured with tender loving and care and of how one person, with the support of family, friends, and community, can help make a powerful difference in the lives of so many.

Katie's Cabbage was illustrated by Karen Heid, associate professor of art education at the University of South Carolina School of Visual Art and Design. Editorial assistance was provided by Michelle H. Martin, a dedicated gardener and the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy at the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science. Patricia Moore-Pastides, First Lady of the University of South Carolina and author of Greek Revival from the Garden: Growing and Cooking for Life, offers a foreword about her friendship with Katie and her admiration of Katie's dream to end hunger one garden at a time.

About this title

About the Author

Katie Stagliano is the founder and chief executive gardener of Katie's Krops, a nonprofit organization with the mission to establish vegetable gardens of all sizes with the harvests donated to help feed people in need, as well as to assist and inspire other young people to do the same. Katie is the youngest recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award for Leadership in Civil Society, presented to her by Matt Damon in 2012. She is also a Global Teen Leader for Three Dot Dash, a Hasbro Community Action Hero, a Build-A-Bear Huggable Hero, was named a top ten youth volunteer of 2014 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, and completed a three-year-term as a member of the Youth Advisory Board for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.

Michelle H. Martin is a dedicated gardener and the Augusta Baker Chair in Childhood Literacy at the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science

Karen Heid is an associate professor of art education at the University of South Carolina School of Visual Art and Design.

Patricia Moore-Pastides is the First Lady of the University of South Carolina and author of Greek Revival and Greek Revival from the Garden: Growing and Cooking for Life.

Review

"With the clarity that accompanies the innocence of youth, Katie Stagliano let her imagination grow as grandly as did her cabbage and she started a movement that feeds the hungry as well as the souls of the volunteers who reach out to their neighbors in need."―Amanda McNulty, Clemson Extension agent and host of the Emmy Award-winning Making It Grow!

"More than a kid's book, Katie's Cabbage is a call to action to make a difference―by starting in your own backyard. Katie Stagliano is an inspirational hero with a heart as big as a forty-pound cabbage."―Rebecca Bull Reed, garden editor, Southern Living

"With the clarity that accompanies the innocence of youth, Katie Stagliano let her imagination grow as grandly as did her cabbage and she started a movement that feeds the hungry as well as the souls of the volunteers who reach out to their neighbors in need."―Amanda McNulty, Clemson Extension agent and host of the Emmy Award-winning Making It Grow!

"More than a kid's book, Katie's Cabbage is a call to action to make a difference―by starting in your own backyard. Katie Stagliano is an inspirational hero with a heart as big as a forty-pound cabbage."―Rebecca Bull Reed, garden editor, Southern Living

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1611175046
• ISBN 13: 9781611175042
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Heid Karen