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Purdon, Joe
1 Reviews
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K-3
Stiffly written text describes the boyhood passion of self-taught naturalist Joe Purdon, who encouraged Showy Lady's Slippers--wild orchids struggling to survive in the fen of his Eastern Ontario farm--to reproduce and flourish. One might think of Purdon as a Canadian Miss Rumphius, though Wallace's watercolors are less magical than Barbara Cooney's and his shy favorite flower less showy than a lupine.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin
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