Avocado Magic
by Taltal Levi (Author)
"A tender and cozy tribute to the magic of growing up." -Kirkus Reviews
Avocado seeds and slow growing! A young girl's impatience turns to wonder as she and her avocado tree gradually change and grow in this story inspired by Israeli artist Taltal Levi's childhood.
Ellie is sulking--she celebrated her birthday yesterday under the old avocado tree. But she's not even a little bit taller today! Dad tells Ellie a secret. She is like the pit of an avocado, he explains, small and full of magic. Together they put an avocado seed in a glass of water by the window and watch as both Ellie and her avocado plant grow, take root, and eventually bring new life.
In Taltal Levi's native country Israel, avocados are ubiquitous and plucked straight from the tree. In her third book, Taltal Levi uses warm, earthy colors to tell a personal yet universal story about the magic of growth. Includes instructions for growing your own avocado tree!
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PreS-Gr 3--The morning after her birthday, Ellie is dismayed that she hasn't grown overnight. Her father offers her an avocado seed and the promise of magic to come with time, patience, and sunlight. Illustrations, with hues alternating between earthy and a green/yellow palette, underscore themes of growth and change and are replete with whimsical details to delight eagle-eyed readers! Ellie waits as her seed--and she--eventually grow. Her avocado tree, over time becoming fully grown, accompanies Ellie's own transformation from child to woman to mother and brings the narrative to a gratifying close. The impatience of children, a well-documented feature of the demographic, gets a measured treatment here. There are layers of lessons about the passage of time to be found in text and illustration, as both the pages and Ellie's life fly by. VERDICT A poignant and lovely volume, this one is recommended for all collections.--Rebecca Kirshenbaum
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JUV039020 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence
JUV029040 - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature | Flowers & Plants
Fathers and daughters
Growth
Avocados
