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Bogacki, Tomek

My First Garden

40 pp. | Farrar/Foster | March, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-374-32518-9 $$16.00
(4) K-3 A train ride triggers memories of childhood for the adult narrator, who then journeys back in his mind to his boyhood home, where, among other things, he planted a flower garden that brought his neighbors together. The gentle, soft-focus illustrations are soothing but indistinct, and the loosely connected reminiscences don't impart enough narrative direction to create much of an impact.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann

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