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The Balcony
The Balcony | Melissa Castrillon
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“Castrillón offers riotous sprouting life through soft forms, stylized shapes, and bright colors.” —Publishers Weekly “Elegant...A charmingly verdant tale in classic style.” —Kirkus Reviews “Lovely...delightful.” —School Library Journal From internationally acclaimed illustrator Melissa Castrillon comes a magical story of how a girl’s garden in her new home changes her life and the lives of people all around her. When a little girl moves from her home to an apartment in the city, she takes her pretty plants with her and one by one they grow and bloom and change both her world and the world all around her as she makes a new friend. When your heart is open, the world is full of possibilities.
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Beautiful wordless story about a girl from the countryside who loves gardening moving into the city, and how she makes this new place home.

The illustrations are stunning and colorful. I like the idea of it being wordless, like that children can make their own story from the images, using their own words.

The above image is an example of how stunning the illustrations are.

Rome753 That's a very cool idea. 2mo
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faelinwolf
The Balcony | Melissa Castrillon
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This girl grows a beautiful garden on her family's balcony. Looks like the perfect place to read! 😀 #charactersreading

Smrloomis Great illustration! 5y
faelinwolf @Smrloomis The whole book is gorgeous & mostly wordless. My camera made it look really yellow & didn't do it justice! 5y
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