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"In the Pennywort [farm], there is a garden of edible flowers, a garden meant for touching, and one in which the flowers only bloom at night ... Since her mother's death 5 years ago, Olivia has been carrying on her legacy, caring for Pennywort Gardens and running an informal program that provides safe haven to women in exchange for their help with the lush gardens. The townspeople hate having what they call a 'halfway house' around, and Olivia's neighbors...
46) Shoo!
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Presents a farmer shooing animals out of the garden, only to find them returning one by one.
47) The red boat
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Posy and her dog George enjoy playing in a magical red boat they find in the garden.
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Emily Adams learns that the empty dirt lot in her town used to be a beautiful garden, and when it is about to be paved to make space for a new building, Emily and her three friends--Maddie, Bella, and Sam--decide to save the old lot by creating a new garden in it. Now they just have to convince their friends, family, neighbors, and above all the mayor.
50) Grow
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"A young girl's seed of an idea to clean up an abandoned inner city lot grows into something big when neighbors to work together to create a garden full of color and life"--
51) Growing season
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El and Jo are the shortest kids in their class, and they're inseparable. But what happens when Jo starts to grow?
52) Night cat
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At first, Oliver the cat is excited about staying out all night in the fascinating garden, but then unexpected adventures leave him ready for his indoor cushion.
53) A bit of Earth
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Growing up in Pakistan, Maria Latif has been bounced between reluctant relatives for as long as she can remember--first because of her parents' constant travel, and then because of their deaths. Maria has always been a difficult child, and it never takes long for her guardians to tire of her. So when old friends of her parents offer to "give her a better life" in the United States, Maria is shipped to a host family across the world. When Maria arrives...
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Warring London neighbors Winston and Bernice share an empty patch of greenery lost to time, but when Winston receives photographs of the garden in bloom many years prior, they decide to lay down their arms to revitalize the garden and help revive the community spirit that's been languishing for so long.
56) My baba's garden
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A story about the special relationship between a child and his grandmother and the time they spend looking for worms for the garden.
57) The ice garden
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When Jess, a girl who is allergic to the sun, sneaks out of her house, she discovers a magical garden made out of ice.