Summary
Every spring the little girl who lives next door to Rosario helps him plant vegetables. One spring, Rosario plants a fig tree, which soon bears sweet purple fruit. But when fall comes, he bends it over and buries it in the ground. Full description
Summary: |
Every spring the little girl who lives next door to Rosario helps him plant vegetables. One spring, Rosario plants a fig tree, which soon bears sweet purple fruit. But when fall comes, he bends it over and buries it in the ground. |
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Physical Description: |
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations. Issued also in electronic format. |
ISBN: |
9781554983414 (bound) 155498341X (bound) |
Author Notes: |
Charis Wahl is an author and editor of books for children and adults. She co-authored Doris McCarthy: My Life and co-edited Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him. Her next-door neighbor of forty years inspired her to write Rosario's Fig Tree. She lives in downtown Toronto. LUC MELANSON won a Governor General's Literary Award for illustrating The Grand Journey of Mr. Man by Gilles Tibo. He has illustrated many books, including Rosario's Fig Tree by Charis Wahl. Book of Big Brothers by Cary Fagan and Pink by Nan Gregory were both finalists for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award. Luc lives in Laval, Quebec, with his family. |