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Messner, Kate

Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

48 pp. | Chronicle | March, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4521-1936-6 $16.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal. Messner and Neal (Over and Under the Snow) bring their above-and-below perspective to a garden's transformation from spring through autumn. Repetition of the title phrases and alternating visual perspectives portray a child and her gardener grandmother working above ground as worms and insects parallel their efforts below. Muted greens and browns provide tonal symmetry to illustrations teeming with life and underscore connections among organisms. Reading list.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015

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