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Isabella's Garden

by Glenda Millard

Illustrator: Rebecca Cool

Ages: 5 & Under

Published: 2012

Publisher: Candlewick

ISBN: 978-0-7636-6016-1

Keywords: Seasons

Seeds, plants, hatchlings, and a mantis all participate in seasonal changes depicted in a cumulative poem. Mixed-media illustrations.