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Today's multicultural 'book look' is The Good Garden by Katie Smith Millway and illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault. It is a nonfiction picture book set in HONDURAS.
From Amazon's copy:
From the best-selling author of One Hen comes the inspiring story of one
struggling farming family in Honduras and their journey to growing
enough food to meet their needs. Based on the real story of farm
transformation underway in Honduras and many other countries, this book
offers children ways they can be part of the movement to grow "good
gardens" and foster food security. Eleven-year-old Maria Luz and her
family live on a small farm. This year their crop is poor, and they may
not have enough to eat or to sell for other essentials, such as health
care, school uniforms and books. When Maria's father must leave home to
find work, she is left in charge of their garden. Then a new teacher
comes to Maria's school and introduces her to sustainable farming
practices that yield good crops. As Maria begins to use the same methods
at home, she too sees improvements, which allow her family to edge
their way out of the grip of the greedy "coyotes" -- the middlemen who
make profits on the backs of poor farmers. Little by little, the farms
-- and the hopes -- of Maria and her neighbors are transformed as good
gardens begin to grow.
Buy The Good Garden by Katie Smith Millway and illustrated by Sylvie Daigneault online now!
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