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From the author of the Caldecott Honor–winning picture book All the World comes an exuberant, lyrical celebration of the plants—and people—that grow and thrive in a busy community garden.
A community garden unites children and neighbors in this celebration of all the things that grow there, from flowers and fruits to friendships. In the spirit of her Caldecott Honor–winning picture book All the World, this ode to friendship, community, and working together for a better world will have young readers gathering their friends young and old to plant something together.
In this unique nonfiction picture book, the main character is a
bicycle that starts its life like so many bicycles in North
America, being owned and ridden by a young boy. The boy, Leo,
treasures his bicycle so much he gives it a name --- Big Red. But
eventually Leo outgrows Big Red, and this is where the bicycle's
story takes a turn from the everyday, because Leo decides to donate
it to an organization that ships bicycles to Africa. Big Red is
sent to Burkina Faso, in West Africa, where it finds a home with
Alisetta, who uses it to gain quicker access to her family's
sorghum field and to the market. Then, over time, it finds its way
to a young woman named Haridata, who has a new purpose for the
bicycle --- renamed Le Grand Rouge --- delivering medications and
bringing sick people to the hospital. This book makes an excellent
choice for cultural studies classes; author Jude Isabella has
provided several terrific suggestions in the back of the book for
projects large and small, while a map shows the distance the
bicycle traveled across the Atlantic Ocean. Award-winning
illustrator Simone Shin's digitally composed artwork includes
evocative depictions of Alisetta's and Haridata's communities in
rural Africa, creating vivid comparisons between Leo's life and
their lives. Youngsters will learn how different the world is for
those who rely on bicycles as a mode of transportation, and how one
ordinary bicycle --- and a child's desire to make a difference ---
can change lives across the world. This book also offers an
excellent opportunity for expanding character education lessons on
caring, compassion and empathy to include the wider world.
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