Zetta the Poinsettia – Picture Book Review

On December 12, 2019November 11, 2019 By agardenofbooks2In Picture Books4 Comments

By Alma Hammond
Illustrations by Zuzana Svobodova
Published on: October 16, 2018

Happy National Poinsettia Day! This lovely plant is named after the Joel Poinsett – the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, who brought the plant back to the U.S. in 1825.

A Finalist in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Inspirational Fiction category, Zetta the Poinsettia is picture book that tells the tale of a poinsettia plant looking for her place in this world.

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A Most Slanticulis Christmas – Book Review

On December 1, 2019November 30, 2019 By agardenofbooks2In Middle Grade10 Comments

By Beaufort Smedley
Illustrated by Linda McConville
Published on: October 28, 2018

A Finalist in the 2019 Indie Book Awards – Children’s/Juvenile Fiction category. A story about what happens to Slanticulis Kawz one Christmas – a character who might actually put Ebeneezer Scrooge and The Grinch to shame.

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