Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King Illustrated from drawings by Pat

Illustrated from drawings by Pat Marriott

starts middle school worrying about how she will fit in

Stacey Abrams

the beautiful girl who had ignited Flora's heart last summer

unbeknownst to Charlie

Nell Plants a Tree author-Mike King Illustrated from drawings by PatThis stunning, poetic picture book shows how one little girls careful tending of a pecan tree creates the living center of a loving, intergenerational Black family. Before her grandchildren climbed the towering tree, explored its secret nests, raced to its sturdy trunk, read in its cool shade, or made pies with its pecans . . . Nell buried a seed. And just as, with Nells love and care, her tree grows and thrivesso do generations of her close knit