Seed Magic (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781561456222)

How can Rose bring her dreams of a colorful garden full of red and yellow and blue flowers to life in a barren, gray city?

Crazy old Birdman sits in his wheelchair all day, feeding seeds to the pigeons. He says pigeons are beautiful, but Rose thinks pigeons are dirty and gray, like the dirty, gray city. She dreams of gardens like the ones she sees in her library books, filled with blue lupines, red geraniums, and yellow sunflowers.

So Birdman fills Rose's hands with seeds black as tar and slick as oil, seeds that he says are magic. Rose plants those seeds outside her window and waits. Soon, just as Birdman promised, a singing garden appears before her eyes--a flurry of red and yellow and blue, drawn to Rose's window by seed magic.

Jane Buchanan's rhythmic prose and Charlotte Riley-Webb's vibrant and striking illustrations bring to life a story of community, connection, hope, and unexpected beauty.

Author: Jane Buchanan
ISBN-10: 1561456225
ISBN-13: 9781561456222
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/03/2012
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.80w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 1.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 150121 / Seed Magic


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2012
School Library Journal 04/01/2012 pg. 130
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2012 pg. 22 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw