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24 pp.
| Holiday |
May, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8234-3198-4$16.95
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Susanne Strasser.
When some of Mr. Happy's seeds float over from his garden to next-door neighbor Miss Grimm's bleak yard, she is angry. But a pair of giant sunflowers pushes their houses together, and friendship blossoms, along with a riotous collage garden. The text is unabashedly folktale binary (happy is good; sad is bad) with a touch of positive thinking; illustrations with a European sensibility lend subtlety.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2015