Celia planted a garden : the story of Celia Thaxter and her island garden / Phyllis Root & Gary D. Schmidt ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.

Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Root, Phyllis (Author)
Schmidt, Gary D. (Author)
Other Authors: Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Thaxter, Celia, > 1835-1894 > Juvenile literature.
Gardeners > Maine > Appledore Island > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Celia Thaxter's Garden (Appledore Island, Me.) > Juvenile literature.
Poets, American > 19th century > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Appledore Island (Me.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Painters > Maine > Appledore Island > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Lighthouses > Juvenile literature.
Thaxter, Celia, > 1835-1894.
Poets, American > 19th century.
Gardeners.
Artists.
Lighthouses.
Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.)
United States.
Jardiniers > Maine > Appledore, Île > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Poètes américains > 19e siècle > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Appledore, Île (Maine) > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Peintres > Maine > Appledore, Île > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Phares > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Art.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Gardening.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century.
Painters.
Poets, American.
Maine > Appledore Island.
Maine > Celia Thaxter's Garden (Appledore Island)
United States > Isles of Shoals.
1800-1899
Biographies.
Picture books.
Collective biographies.
Juvenile works.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Biography
Biographies
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Biographies.
Picture books.
Collective biographies.
Juvenile works.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 x 29 cm
Variant Title:
Story of Celia Thaxter and her island garden
Format: Book

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