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Memory Garden
Zohreh Ghahremani
Illustrator: Susie Ghahremani
Ages: 6+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Godwin Books/Henry Holt/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-250-84303-6
Keywords: Family/School/Community-Immigrants, grandmother-granddaughter stories, Iranian-American, Persia, traditions, culture
Helping tend their garden in America, a young girl is transported back to her ancestral home in Iran through her grandmother's stories. Colorful gouache art. Back matter.