Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden Creativity PAPERWHITE

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L'Engle graduated from Smith College and worked in theater

spotting lots of animals on the way

and spiritual change

A beautiful and rich work of literary nonfiction

Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden Creativity PAPERWHITEFrom an all star team comes a lyrical picture book biography about a writer and master gardener who created beauty in a harsh island habitat that was visited by literary and artistic luminaries of her time. Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple