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A beautiful little story about community. It's a wonderful allegory about teamwork.

I read this for class and I really liked it. People of all ages, from various cultures, and different walks of life come together to create a garden. The chapters are super short, there‘s not much character building, but the story itself leaves an impression. Now to make connections using this story and my own personal stories and thoughts, the world, and other texts/media (that‘s the assignment).

A wonderful tale that takes the perspective of multiple different kinds of people living in Cleveland, Ohio, coming together to create a community garden. I read this in 6th grade and still treasure seeing all these characters work together. I especially enjoyed looking at the mode meshing used to represent each voice from different races. I‘m glad I got to reread it again for this readathon!

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This is just the sweetest little story about a city community garden -- each chapter is told by a different character, and reflects the different connections that come about between the gardeners. The story is short and simple but I found myself thinking about it a lot after reading.

The short story of a community garden and a neighborhood springing to life, told through the varied voices of immigrant neighbors who lived near each other but never got to know one another until a child plants some seeds. This was delightful!

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This book RF is great for a fifth grade class, and emphasizes diversity and community. Follow multiple stories based around one community garden, where characters of many generations learn the importance of working together.
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Educators will find that UDL Principle 8.3: fostering collaboration and community will work well with this piece of literature.

SeedFolks
Written by Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by Judy Pedersen
Genre: Realistic Fiction (RF)
Awards: Newbery Award
In the divers and busy streets of Cleveland, Ohio sat a vacant lot filled to the brim with garbage, until one day a young Vietnamese girl named Kim decided to plant some beans. SeedFolks is a beautiful story about the transformation of a smelly eyesore of a lot into a vibrant community garden.Every chapter is from the point of view

This RF book would be best used as a RA. This book follows 13 people from a small community in Ohio. Each member narrates their own chapter where they reveal how the community garden is apart of their lives. Some plant in the garden in memory of a family member and some plant to make money off their crops. The story starts with one person and a vacant lot and ends with a whole neighborhood and a beautiful garden. #ucflae3414sp20

Sat down and finished this book in two hours without stopping! A great read that makes you feel good and has you dreaming for Spring even more than you already were 🌱

This book!!!!! Quick read and so full of wonder, serendipity and authentic humanity❤️❤️❤️

In my RED class, my professor read this book aloud. This was the first time that a teacher read a book to me in a long time, and I LOVED it. In this RF short novel, award winning Paul Fleischman tells a story about how a community garden brought together a neighborhood. Each chapter is told from a different characters POV which I found really interesting. I would use this as a LC in my class! #LAE3414sp19

I absolutely love this book. Made me feel a warm part of Cleveland that I hadn‘t experienced before.

Our school's most likely pick for One Book, One School next year.

This sweet, fast read chronicles the first year in the life of a fictional community garden as seen through the eyes of different neighbors.

In this Golden Kite award winning, RF book, you go through the viewpoints of 13 different people about how a garden was started in their neighborhood. This book would be ideal for LC or IR. The link will take you to an example of a lesson plan that sparks discussion among students about what they have read
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This is a Newberry award winning book. This story tells the same situation, but from each neighbors point of view. It‘s a RF novel that I was use as IR and would have a lesson about point of view. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/seedfolks-less... UDL 3.1 activate or apply background knowledge and EL 1 teach questioning for clarification. #UCFLAE3414F17

This RF book would be great for IR! This book gives you a glimpse into many peoples lives who all live in the same neighborhood and all take part in the community garden. I would recommend this for High school students! UDL 4.1 Vary the methods for response and navigation. ESOL 9 Teach note-taking strategies; T-lists, time lines, etc. #UCFLAE3414F17

This is a RF novel by Newberry Medal-Winning author, Paul Fleischman. Each chapter introduces a new character that lives in the community and plays a part in the overall story. Great for LC where students can take roles on what to read for in the text. I like it as a different take on a novel EL 38 assign short readings for homework. UDL 8.3 foster collaboration and community. #ucflae3414f17

Seedfolks is a Newberry Award winner that follows 13 people from different walks of life coming together as a community to transform a vacant lot into a beautiful garden. This book would be a great RT to have groups of students create a script for a character and act it out in front of the class. The activity I found is here: seedfolks-poster.html UDL 5.1 and ESOL 32#ucflae3414f17

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman is a Newberry award winning book that would be great used in the class as an IR novel. This book teaches a great lesson about different perspectives. Each chapter is written about the same event from the viewpoint of a new character. #ucflae3414f17

Seedfolks is a Newbery award winning RF novel written by Paul Fleischman. This story would be great as a PR, partners could alternate chapters. Each chapter of this story is written from a different neighbors point of view. This story teaches a lot about perspective- as each neighbor is talking about the same events but from their POV. UDL8.3 Foster collab./comm. EL11 Place lang. in meaningful context. #UCFLAE3414F17

Seedfolks is a Goldenkite award winning RF novel about a young girl, Kim, who plants Lima beans in an abandoned lot on the anniversary of her fathers death. This simple act sparks the interest of the community and causes a chain reaction. I read this book in my RED class and thought it was great for any classroom. It would work well as an IR or SR to get students used to reading novels. #UCFLAE3414f17

Seedfolks is a RF Golden Kite award winning book by Paul Fleishman. This novel is perfect for grades 4-8 and would make a great IR or PR. I read this book in my RED class and fell in love with it, the story is about a little girl who looses her father before she was born and the only way she knows how to connect with him is by planting seeds, so she begins to do so and slowly the entire neighborhood joins her.

What a feel good RF. This book tells how a run down neighborhood becomes a community and family. A brave little girl wanting to honor her father's memory plants some beans and unknowingly starts a garden of hope for many. A class science project (planting seeds) would be a great way to tie in this book bookrags.com/lessonplan/seedfolks #UCFWalterslit

Just devoured this book. It touches me so deeply. I feel a little emotional because humans are amazing and this book reminded me of that truth. Instant favorite.

Just finished a 2nd book during #24in48! Paul Fleischman's "Seedfolk". On audio. Wonderful! I'll post a review at some point soon. 2 books down, working on the 3rd, ohhh yeeaaahhh. ???

Short and sweet!! Great book to pickup for a quick read. Amazing what a garden can do in a diverse neighborhood. I enjoyed the way he used all the gardener's perspectives to tell the story of the garden. 🌽🍉🌶🍆 Everyone should read it at least once!

More of a mid-grade to YA novel about growing a community garden. So much beautiful diversity here! A lovely, fulgent story, interweaving many cultural points of view. I've handsold many many copies of this little gem. It's a steal at $1.99! #WeNeedDiverseBooks

A nice summer listen! The language was a little outdated but the message of neighborly action and non-judgement was lovely. As urban community gardeners, we really related the relationship-building.

This little audio packs such a punch. A community garden brings together more than just plants. So beautiful.