We Are a Garden Ages 9 and up book-loving childhood to her devotion

book-loving childhood to her devotion to creating television characters who reflected the world she saw around her

eagerness to invent

and Sofía—and their family must flee their home in the Dominican Republic after their father’s role in an attempt to overthrow brutal dictator Rafael Trujillo is discovered

a man who will spread Herman’s teachings into the classrooms of his unorthodox southwestern university and beyond

integrated schools

We Are a Garden Ages 9 and up book-loving childhood to her devotionThis lyrical and extremely timely picture book illuminates the many different migrants who have made their homes in North America through the centuries. Long ago a strong wind blew. It blew people, like seeds, to a new land. The wind blew in a girl and her clan, where herds of mammoths still wandered the frozen tundra. It later blew a boy and his family across frigid waters, and they spread across the new land. Over time, the wind continued to