Monday, November 19, 2012

Our Shadow Garden

Author:Cherie Foster Colburn
Title:Our Shadow Garden
Illustrator:Children of the Children's Cancer Hospital at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Readability Score:Grade Level:   3-5
Genre:Fiction
Subgenre:Nature
Theme:Gardening/Healing
Primary and Secondary Characters:Little girl, grandfather and grandmother
Award(s) Date of Publication: Southern Writer's Literacy Award 2009
Publishing Company:Bright Sky Press
ISBN Number:978-1-933979-69-4
Summary and How would you use the book: This book was about a girl whose grandmother was very ill and the little girl wanted to make her grandmother a garden. The grandmother was not able to be out in the daytime so they put flowers and other things up that bloomed at night so the grandmother could get back to her gardening. 


Picture of Book Cover:
Description of how you would use the book: Use to introduce nocturnal animals and introduce plants.

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