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Bookshelf: July/August 2010

Jody’s Beans

Jody’s Beans

by Malachy Doyle
illustrated by Judith Allibone
Candlewick, 1999

When Granda visits Jody, they plant a circle of scarlet runner beans in her garden. Jody wonders what they’ll look like. “Wait and see,” says her grandfather. Between visits, Jody follows his directions carefully, watering and weeding the plants. The delicate, detailed watercolor illustrations not only depict the garden’s growth and the warm relationship between grandparent and grandchild but also offer observant readers a sweet secondary story about Jody’s mother’s pregnancy.


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