The details show and tell a story about the small things in one neighborhood-their fragility, strength, and connection-and their power to make a difference." - Booklist (starred review)"The area is slowly reclaimed, so that the final view through the window is clean, lush, and green, with birds nesting peacefully in new trees and vistas that reveal glimpses of the now-visible blue river. The community brings back a variety of local plants, and by the time the young woman's own baby is born, trees block the billboards, there are birds on the roof and in the sky, and cyclists and a bus can be seen on the roadway. NZ Review: "This wordless picture book with exquisitely detailed collage illustrations speaks eloquently about urban conservation. Everything begins to blossom.As an author/artist note states: "The choice is ours to make-having simply a place to live or, by understanding the land and caring for it, belonging to a living home."A family. Together, children and adults plant grass and trees and bushes in the empty spaces. She and her neighbors begin to rescue their street. A city street becomes a living, thriving neighborhood-a place to call home.Little by little, baby Tracy grows. "A book to treasure."In Jeannie Baker's striking, natural collages, an urban community reclaims its land. "A story about the small things in one neighborhood-their fragility, strength, and connection-and their power to make a difference." (Booklist starred review)This powerful wordless picture book with beautiful collage illustrations can be "enjoyed independently or incorporated into units on the environment, communities, or artistic technique," according to School Library Journal.
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