The Sunflower Garden
Janice May Udry
illustrated by Beatrice Darwin 1969
Beatrice Darwin's prints accompany this story about a "Algonkian" girl named Pipsa who not only saves her little brother from a snake, but also brings sunflowers to her village. While Pipsa works hard taking care of her baby brother and helping her mother, her father doesn't seem to notice her. It's not until she kills a dangerous snake that her father comes to see what has happened and notices the incredible field of sunflowers she has been planting and tending. Not only does her father tell her he's proud of her, but the whole village praises her for bringing a "new plant and new ideas to her people."
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