![]() ![]() The book's many tributaries-from the author's immigrant grandfather to his adoption of two brothers from Mexico-are detailed in his forthcoming memoir, No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One. Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway. The book's short length, diverse cast, and suitability for adults as well as children have led it to be used in countless one-book reads in schools and in cities across the country. Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding and first year. Jane Addams Book Award Honor Book IRA/CBC Childrens Choice Publishers Weekly Best Book New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age ALA Best Fiction. Gonzalo, a character created from the authors experience as a volunteer aide for two years in a middle-school class for students learning English as a second language, makes his chapter, the. The diverse backgrounds of the characters is forgotten as they grow together as a community. ![]() A sense of community sprouts and spreads. This is a story of how a community comes together over gardening. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously. Title of a book, article or other published. ![]() A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot. Urban neighbors splintered by race, economy, ethnicity, and age join hands in an empty lot to make a garden. ![]()
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