One Little Lot
The 1-2-3s of an Urban Garden
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Publisher Description
In a bustling, urban neighborhood, count the ways one little lot becomes a beautiful community vegetable garden.
Count all the ways (one to ten) an urban community unites to clean up an abandoned lot. From building planter boxes to pulling weeds to planting seeds, everyone works together to transform the lot into a bountiful vegetable garden. As the garden grows, strangers become friends, eventually sharing in a special feast with the harvest they grew.
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Inspired by the Soo Line Community Garden in Minneapolis, where Mullen has gardened for years, her debut employs a counting framing device paired with a refrain of "hungry honeybees buzz..." to share a community garden's origin story. A chance visit by passersby ("two helping hands") galvanizes a neighborhood into cleaning up "one little" abandoned lot. Step by step, the group installs raised beds "in a straight, lovely line," plants "six plentiful seed packets," and harvests "nine prized plants," including bok choy, cucumbers, and kittley. "One little lot is full of delicious!" reads the penultimate spread, which portrays a bustling community dinner. Webcomic-style characters appear diverse, and Vidal's intricate digital and mixed-media backdrops and aerial shots, representing the honeybees' point of view, offer the small garden a warmly expansive feel. Back matter includes an author's note, facts about honeybees, and steps to improve one's own garden for bees. Ages 3 7.
