This is a sensitive, beautifully illustrated portrait of a universal rite of passage: losing a beloved grandparent. Grandma is always on her knees in the dirt, with her gardening gloves on, lovingly tending the plants and talking to her roses. And when the weather is hot, she takes the hose and waters her 'most special flower of all' - the little girl narrating this touching story. But when Grandma dies, sadness threatens to overwhelm everything - until the little girl remembers all her beloved Grandma has taught her...and resolves to keep the garden in bloom. It is the first picture book by Cecil Castellucci, known for her YA and Minx graphic novel series, "The Plain Janes".
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Cecil Castellucci is the author of books and graphic novels for young adults including Boy Proof, The Plain Janes, First Day on Earth , and the Eisner-nominated Odd Duck . She is currently writing Shade, the Changing Girl, an ongoing comic on Gerard Way's DC Young Animal imprint. Her picture book, Grandma's Glo
More about Cecil CastellucciJulia Denos is also the author-illustrator of Swatch: The Girl Who Loved Color , her author-illustrator debut, which was a 2016 ALA Notable selection. She is the illustrator of Margaret Cardillo's Just Being Audrey , and Just Being Jackie , as well as I Had a Favorite Dress , by Boni Ashburn. While Julia lov
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