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Picture book biography about the pioneering woman farmer. The fifth of author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series. Farmer Eva Sommaripa founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place "so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees." More than 50 years later she has grown a big green garden life of friends and neighbors, creatures that crawl, fly and slither, eve microbes that create rich soil in the brown underground. Meet farmer Eva, and share the magic, beauty, and science of life on the farm and caring for the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Picture book biography about the pioneering woman farmer. The fifth of author Jacqueline Briggs Martin's award winning "Food Heroes" series. Farmer Eva Sommaripa founded Eva's Garden in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, a place "so close to the ocean, she can smell the sea, so close to woods she can talk to trees." More than 50 years later she has grown a big green garden life of friends and neighbors, creatures that crawl, fly and slither, eve microbes that create rich soil in the brown underground. Meet farmer Eva, and share the magic, beauty, and science of life on the farm and caring for the land. Farmer Eva's Green Garden Life is one of the first book that focuses on a woman farmer. It is also a story connecting farming with nature, ecology, and science. With an Afterword from Eva, Author's Note, Back Matter and Resource page.
Autorenporträt
Jacqueline Briggs Martin's many books include Snowflake Bentley, winner of the Caldecott medal. Farmer Eva is part of her "Food Heroes" series, which include Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table, Alice Waters and the Trip to Delicious--and co-written with June Jo Lee--Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix and Sandor Katz and the Tiny Wild. Jacqueline grew up on a dairy farm in Maine and now lives in Mount Vernon, Iowa. jacquelinebriggsmartin.com.