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Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden
Phyllis Root and Gary D. Schmidt
Illustrator: Melissa Sweet
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0429-2
Keywords: Gardens, Poetry, Women Artists, New England
Colorful Illustrations gloriously evoke the seacoast setting of the garden created by the 19th-century New England painter and poet. Time line and extensive sourcing.