My stack of books today glows budding-leaf green and robin’s-egg blue. Oh, what is as cheery and hopeful as spring? Soak up some gladness with these books, bursting with life, growth and new beginnings. What Will Grow? written by Jennifer Ward, …
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fiction favorites…the fabulous curtain-opener to a new trilogy
Forest of Wonders (Wing & Claw Book 1), by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by James Madsen published in 2016 by HarperCollins Raffa, age 12, is the son of two apothecaries who live in a quiet settlement near the mysterious Forest of …
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nonfiction nuggets…America’s first naturalist
The Flower Hunter: William Bartram, America’s First Naturalist, written and illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray William Bartram was born to study nature, I suppose. His father, John, was a self-taught botanist, who collected seeds of the New World, designed gardens, …
