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The Plant Sitter: 09/26/24
The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham (Illustrator) (1959) is one of my all time favorite picture books. Tommy has taken up the summer job of being his neighborhood's plant sitter, two cents a day. His parents have to learn to live with Tommy's temporary jungle. The illustrations are simple but delightful. Every room, every surface has numerous plants. Even the bathroom has plants. The tv is barely visible through all the plants. It's these plants, this internal jungle, that I remember most fondly. Under Tommy's care the plants thrive. The jungle becomes unmanageable. The jungle results in a nightmare for poor Tommy. But Tommy is a resourceful kid. He's willing to do his homework. And he does. He gets the plants under control and probably makes a healthy profit out of it too. Five stars Comments (0) |