Aunt Mary tells her nephew Douglas to water and care for a special rosebush; and then someday, a little bit of Douglas will be inside the rosebush. Douglas can only see a plain old rosebush, until Aunt Mary tells the family story of the rosebush from the time when her grandfather planted it. The story is based on a real event in author Doug Woods' youth. The illustrations by LeUyen Pham are soft pastel watercolor paintings, with sepia-toned 'photos' of the family from the 1930's-1950's. This could be used as a supplementary resource to introduce farm life in that era, or to introduce a family biography unit.
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