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We Are a Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America
Lisa Westberg Peters
Illustrator: Victoria Tentler-Krylov
Ages: 6+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade/Random House Children's Books
ISBN: 978-0-593-12313-3
Keywords: immigration, US History, Native Americans, enslaved people, Latinos, Europeans, Asians
Using wind as a metaphor, U.S. migration is depicted, starting with humans crossing the land bridge from Asia. Dramatic watercolor and digital illustrations. Back matter.