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Grow A Novel in Verse Juanita Havill Stansilawa Kodman Books

Lovely illustrated book for children. Will buy again for gifts for my young (9-year old) cousins.


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Grow A Novel in Verse Juanita Havill Stansilawa Kodman Books Reviews

This book has some of the most amazing illustrations I've ever seen...
if for some reason you don't like prose, it's still worth it to get the book for the illustrations... just beautiful, delicate, and imaginative.
GROW is one of those books that goes down easy. It just has all those elements that makes the reader immediately relax and enjoy the unfolding story. Beginning with great voice and characterization right on the first page, the prose in verse flows right through this entire book so that it's swallowed in one smooth gulp.

Kate may be the narrator of this tale, but Berneetha is the glue that holds everything together. When Berneetha the cat lady decides to grow a garden in the middle of nothing, twelve-year-old Kate is reluctant to help. Everyone is sure to think the two of them are crazy. Except, soon it's not just the two of them. As people join the crusade to clean up the empty lot, more than just a garden is grown from nothing.

"A weed is anything growing
Where you don't want it to grow.
I don't know
where Harlan lives,
only that he looks hungry most days
and he doesn't want
to go home in the evening.
I don't think I'll tell him
about that garden-book
theory of weeds."

This emotional story is shown in brilliant illustrations by Stanislawa Kodman, whose name will stick in my mind because I cannot forget the person who created these drawings. The simple, everyday items that are twisted into beauty. Junk into treasure. The theme of the book perfectly drawn out by both author and illustrator. What a team.

And not to be overlooked is the quality of the book itself. A silky smooth dust jacket, featuring brilliantly composed illustrations by Kodman. Large, light print on the inside that makes an already easy-to-read book even easier on the eye.

The only thing missing from this book is an award sticker.

Reviewed by Julie M. Prince
Lovely illustrated book for children. Will buy again for gifts for my young (9-year old) cousins.