Celia Planted a Garden

Celia Planted a Garden

Phyllis Root and Gardy D. Schmidt

illustrated by Melissa Sweet 2022

I only recently became familiar with Celia Thaxter through her beautiful poetry.

 Have patience; here are flowers and songs of birds,

 Beauty and fragrance, wealth of sound and sight,

 All summer's glory thine from morn till night,

And life too full of joy for uttered words

And I have been reading in stops and starts her book "An Island Garden" about her summers spent gardening on the island of Appledore off of New Hampshire in the 19th century. 

This children's book is a nice companion with collage-like pages and interspersed quotes. 

An Island Garden

originally published in 1894 and illustrated by Childe Hassam