Thanks to this persistent lady, Gibb Street will never be the same again. Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway. And in the end, Leona makes a huge impact on the community garden. She's not going to give up after one phone call. (5.4)Ĭheck out how Leona prepares herself for the long haul. Then I opened the phone book and started dialing. Might as well be comfortable when you're on hold. I put Miles on the CD player and stretched out on the bed. I knew I'd be having to say the same thing to fifteen or twenty government folks. At nine o'clock I drank me a tall glass of water. In fact, she gets geared up to fix this problem right from the start: Instead, she takes the time to make phone calls and go down to the Public Health Department to find someone to take care of the trash. But this lady isn't about to let that happen. Without Leona, the community garden's lot might have stayed full of trash.

Both of these ladies don't take no for an answer. In fact, we're thinking she's got the same gusto as her spitfire Granny. When it comes to cleaning up the vacant lot, she's persistent as all get-out. Not all that much information, huh? But from hearing her story, we do know this: this girl's got gusto. She had a Granny who was tough as nails.'The size of this slim volume belies the profound message of hope it contains. Arraying different voices like threads on a loom, Fleischman (Bull Run) weaves a seamless tale of the advent of a. The book's many tributaries-from the author's immigrant grandfather to his adoption of two brothers from Mexico-are detailed in his forthcoming memoir, No Map, Great Trip: A Young Writer's Road to Page One. Harper Teen, 14.99 (80pp) ISBN 978-0-06-027471-9. Seedfolks has been drawn upon to teach tolerance, read in ESL classes, promoted by urban gardeners, and performed in schools and on stages from South Africa to Broadway.

The book's short length, diverse cast, and suitability for adults as well as children have led it to be used in countless one-book reads in schools and in cities across the country.

Newbery-winning author Paul Fleischman uses thirteen speakers to bring to life a community garden's founding and first year. A sense of community sprouts and spreads. Then muscle-bound Curtis, trying to win back Lateesha. A school janitor gets involved, then a Guatemalan family. Looking down on the immigrant-filled neighborhood, a Romanian woman watches suspiciously.

ALA Best Book for Young Adults School Library Journal Best Book Publishers Weekly Best Book IRA/CBC Children's Choice NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts A Vietnamese girl plants six lima beans in a Cleveland vacant lot.

Seedfolks by paul fleischman