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Tokyo digs a garden / Jon-Erik Lappano ; pictures by Kellen Hatanaka.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 32 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781554987986
  • 1554987989
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Tokyo digs a garden.LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.L346 To 2016
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Summary: Pleasantly reminiscent of Jack with his beanstalk, a boy named Tokyo unwittingly brings a bit of wilderness back to his city by planting some mysterious seeds in this colorfully-illustrated tale. (Miller Library Staff)Summary: Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family's house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience the natural world again? One day, an old woman offers Tokyo seeds, telling him they will grow into whatever he wishes. Tokyo and his grandfather are astonished when the seeds grow into a forest so lush that it takes over the entire city overnight. Soon the whole city has gone wild, with animals roaming where cars once drove. But is this a problem to be surmounted, or a new way of living to be embraced? --
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Youth Collection SB455 .L27 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800162307
Total holds: 0

Pleasantly reminiscent of Jack with his beanstalk, a boy named Tokyo unwittingly brings a bit of wilderness back to his city by planting some mysterious seeds in this colorfully-illustrated tale. (Miller Library Staff)

Tokyo lives in a small house between giant buildings with his family and his cat, Kevin. For years, highways and skyscrapers have been built up around the family's house where once there were hills and trees. Will they ever experience the natural world again? One day, an old woman offers Tokyo seeds, telling him they will grow into whatever he wishes. Tokyo and his grandfather are astonished when the seeds grow into a forest so lush that it takes over the entire city overnight. Soon the whole city has gone wild, with animals roaming where cars once drove. But is this a problem to be surmounted, or a new way of living to be embraced? --

Issued also in electronic format.

Recommended for preschool (age 0-5) and primary school (age 6-12).

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