Joy Takes Root
Gwendolyn Wallace author Ashleigh Corrin illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Penguin Young Readers
Published:20th Jun '23
£15.99
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It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina garden - a rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine. There in Grammy's abundant backyard, Joy learns to listen for the heartbeat of the earth and connect it to her own as she takes deep breaths and puts her intentions into the soil. By the story's end, she learns to grow seeds in her own garden, honouring all that her grandmother taught her.
PRAISE FOR JOY TAKES ROOT
Black Caucus American Library Association Best of the Best 2023
"A quiet, thoughtful tale that promotes mindfulness, intentionality, gratitude, and connection." --Kirkus Reviews
"Moving... a reap-what-you-sow telling that considers what’s been given and what’s yet to come." --Publishers Weekly
"A beautiful ode to both the natural world and intergenerational cultural wisdom that imbues the sequential steps of planting a garden with a deeply felt spirituality." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
ISBN: 9780593406786
Dimensions: 222mm x 289mm x 9mm
Weight: 437g
32 pages