When her grandfather's age keeps him from going up and down the stairs comfortably, Ellie designs a rooftop garden for him but is dismayed when the wind keeps blowing the flowers away.
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2?Ellie and her grandfather try to plant flowers on the very breezy rooftop of his house, but the seedlings always end up dried and torn apart. One night the girl climbs out of the roof and is swept away in the starry night to the wind's garden on a mountaintop. There she sees trees festooned with kites, balloons, hats, laundry, and other things that the wind has carried away. When she returns, she fills Grandpa's roof garden with whirligigs, flags, windmills, bells, and chimes to sparkle, tinkle, and spin. Bold, sweeping double-page paintings done in shades of yellow, blue, and brown give the air a blustery glow. They capture the wind-blown theme and the spirit of the brisk, vivid text perfectly. Ellie and Grandpa have strong, fresh faces, ruddied by the cold air, and the setting is a city with tall houses and smoky chimney-pots overlooking the sea.?Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 5^-8. Although the lyricism in many contemporary picture books merely establishes the mood, here it is integral to the tightly structured plot of this magical family story. Because he can no longer walk up and down the stairs of his high house, Grandpa stays at home. He misses the flowers in the park, so he and granddaughter Ellie plant seeds on the roof. But the wind kills the seedlings and later the sunflowers that Ellie buys Grandpa. "That wicked old wind. Where is it blowing to Grandpa?" Ellie discovers the answer when the wind lifts her off the roof and takes her to a mountainside covered with all the things it has swept away. The next day, Ellie brings Grandpa a box filled with flags, chimes, and whirligigs. "Here is a garden to share with the wind." The realistically detailed oil paintings are full of windswept motion and energy. A wonderfully warm springtime read-aloud. Julie Corsaro
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