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Lappano, Jon-Erik

Tokyo Digs a Garden

32 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-798-6 $18.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-799-3
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Kellen Hatanaka. Tokyo lives in a huge city built over a natural landscape that his grandfather wistfully recollects. When a mysterious older woman gives Tokyo magic seeds, he's able to grow that remembered world back into existence with unexpected results. Though the ending feels a bit rushed, Hatanaka's digitally constructed watercolor, ink, and collage illustrations vividly embody the metropolis's shift from dreary to cheerful and plant-filled.
Reviewer: Siena Leslie

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