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LANE SMITH is the author and illustrator of the bestselling JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE & BEN and MADAM PRESIDENT. He has also collaborated with Jon Scieszka on THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS, MATH CURSE, and THE STINKY CHEESE MAN, for which he received a Caldecott Honor award. He has also... read more
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Grandpa Green by Lane Smith Illustrations by author Historical fiction K-2
When grandpa was a boy he wanted to go to college to learn horticulture. But he was drafted in to WWI and shipped off to fight for his country. When he returned he made beautiful green gardens.
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“He had to stay home from school. So he read stories about secret gardens and wizards and a little engine that could.”
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He was born a really long time ago, before computers or cell phones or television.
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This is book 2012 of 240 in Caldecott Honor. (authoritative list)
This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59643-607-7
Page Count: 32
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: March 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59643-607-7
Page Count: 32
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- Caldecott Honor (2012)
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- Library of Congress: PZ7.S6538Gr 2011
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