Someone put a paperback copy of this lovely book in my Little Free Library this week.
Paul Fleishman has delivered a big message by writing this small book. As in other books he’s written, his characters are presented by character sketches as the book progresses. “Seedfolk” is a reference to one’s ancestors, especially their first family members who came to the United States.
Community gardens are evident everywhere. Even in a town as small as Alvin, the city sponsors one, the local community college has one, a non-profit called Farm Gals has one, and several neighborhoods work their own community gardens. The story of how one vacant lot, filled with trash and garbage came to be the provider of nourishing food, and in the process friendships, is presented in this little book. It is set in Cleveland, and the gardeners are immigrants from as varied as places as the population of the neighborhood. “Thirteen different voices–old, young, Haitian, Hispanic, tough, haunted, and hopeful–tell one amazing story about a garden that transforms a neighborhood. Never preachy, Fleischman gets his point across: connectedness is the bottom line in getting along together in peace. The author’s note at the end is also worth reading. He tells how he came to write the book, about his own “seed folk,” and how he even grew a garden to experience the feeling of beginning with a seed, tending the plant it becomes, and harvesting the bounty from one’s efforts.
I would recommend this for anyone who can read it, possibly ages 10 and up.
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I have not heard of this one, Rae, but it sounds quite good. I will see if my library has a copy.
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It’s the connections. I agree. That is what gives us our joys. This sounds like a delight.
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