Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden Creativity A beautiful and rich work

A beautiful and rich work of literary nonfiction

For Langston Hughes's "Juke Box Love Song" ("Dance with you till day--/Dance with you

"Consider trading in your yoga mat for a set of markers and peruse the gorgeous gardens of Basford's imagination

Jen Corace is the illustrator of many books for children

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Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden Creativity A beautiful and rich workFrom an all star team comes a lyrical picture book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time. Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple