Gwendolyn Wallace

Joy Takes Root -- Gwendolyn Wallace, Hardcover

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In her grandmother's garden, a young Black girl learns about mindfulness and herbal medicine in this soothing intergenerational story about our connection to nature.

It's Joy's first summer in her grandmother's South Carolina garden--a rite of passage. In the midst of okra, spinach, and strawberries, Grammy teaches Joy that plants are friends with many uses. Herbs, for example, can be turned into medicine.

There in Grammy's abundant backyard, Joy learns to listen for the heartbeat of the earth and connect it to her own as she takes deep breaths and puts her intentions into the soil. By the story's end, she learns to grow seeds in her own garden, honoring all that her grandmother taught her. With sensory-rich illustrations from award-winning illustrator Ashleigh Corrin, Joy Takes Root is a blissful reminder of all that might bloom.

Author: Gwendolyn Wallace
Publisher: Kokila
Published: 06/20/2023
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.70h x 11.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780593406786
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 04/24/2023
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2023

About the Author
Gwendolyn Wallace graduated from Yale in 2021 and currently works for the International African American Museum. A budding herbalist, her debut children's book Joy Takes Root was inspired by her own experiences gardening with her grandmother in South Carolina. Her next picture book, The Light She Feels Inside (Sourcebooks) will publish Fall 2023.

Ashleigh Corrin is a graphic designer by day, illustrator by night. Her talent comes from her late grandmother, who inspired Ashleigh to serve people's unique stories with creativity. With her illustrations, she hopes to contribute to good laughs, nostalgia, vulnerability, transparency, and seeing the light in ourselves and others.

Product Tags:

African American & Black, African Americans, Ashleigh Corrin, Baby-Preschool, Children's Books/Baby-Preschool, Environment, Family, Gwendolyn Wallace, Hardcover, Juvenile Fiction, Kokila, Multigenerational, PreK, Science & Nature

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