Seedfolks

Six lima beans are planted by a Vietnamese girl on an empty lot in Cleveland.A Romanian lady looks down with suspicion on the area teeming with immigrants.A Guatemalan family get involved after the school janitor.Then curvaceous Curtis, attempting to woo Lateesha back.Maricela is expecting.Amir, an Indian.A feeling of belonging emerges and grows.

Paul Fleischman, the Newbery-winning author, employs thirteen voices to vividly depict the establishment and first year of a communal garden.Many one-book readings in schools and communities around the nation have made use of the book because of its short length, diversified cast, and adult and kid appeal.

From South Africa to Broadway, educators have used Seedfolks to encourage urban gardening, educate tolerance, and read aloud in ESL classrooms.