Grandpa Green - Lane Smith

Grandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy, a kid with chickenpox, a soldier, and an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees. n nA Caldecott Honor Book n nFrom the creator of the national bestseller It's a Book comes a Caldecott Honor-winning timeless story of family history, legacy, and love. n nGrandpa Green wasn't always a gardener. He was a farmboy and a kid with chickenpox and a soldier and, most of all, an artist. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green's great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten. n nIn his most enigmatic and beautiful work to date, Lane Smith explores aging, memory, and the bonds of family history and love; by turns touching and whimsical, it's a stunning picture book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come. n nThis title has Common Core connections. n nGrandpa Green is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Picture Books title for 2011. nOne of School Library Journal's Best Picture Books of 2011.n