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40 pp.
| South Carolina
| December, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-61117-504-2$19.95
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PaperISBN 978-1-61117-505-9$14.95
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K-3
Illustrated by
Karen Heid.
With Michelle H. Martin. After third grader Katie grows a forty-pound cabbage and gives it to a local soup kitchen, she begins to grow a whole garden for those in need. The inspiring true story's afterword explains how Katie (the author) later founded Katie's Krops, a kid-based organization dedicated to helping grow gardens and donate the harvest. Occasionally awkward but amiable paintings illustrate the purposeful book. Websites.