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I'm Not A Weed!
If you are looking for a story about inclusion, acceptance, and welcoming, this award winning book is for you! This is a story about a sunflower that blows into a perennial garden. Suzy sunflower is considered a weed by Mr. Gardeners since he did not plant her. Mrs. Gardener fell in love with this unplanned sunflower growing in the garden. Mr. Gardener not knowing how loved the sunflower is and considering it a weed, pulls it out. He sees how upset Mrs. Gardener is by his action. Out of compassion and love, he plants the seed of Suzy Sunflower and adds a drip line for her. And yes, she comes back the next summer in all her beauty. This is a Purple Dragonfly book award winner that shows how love is infinite and to welcome even the unplanned, into our garden.
44 pages, Paperback
Published January 30, 2022
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July 13, 2023
Taken from one of the books floating around my eclectic Kindle library....
I'm Not A Weed starts off with a page stating that all of us have arrived from nowhere seemingly in our families and communities while having adapted ourselves to fit right in as well as being loved (for the most part - thought based on my experiences). It then progresses to a Bible quote from 1 Peter 3:8 in which the reader is reminded that we are meant to be like-minded, sympathetic and to love one another as well as to be humble and compassionate.
The story from there proceeds with two little seeds who are meant to be siblings of some sorts although they don't look the same if they came from the same plant. Either way they introduce the reader to the sunflower who is to be the protagonist of the story and she explains how she came to be in the garden in her spot not once, but twice.
The story is very simple to read and follow along as well as grasp as each page has basically one sentence to move the story along. The parts that bugged me as an adult reader is the fact that it seems a bit callous to show how Mr Gardener removed seeds from Suzy's face with its illustrated portrayal (a bit graphically weird), the fact that Suzy knew what was happening in her second incarnation and the fact that she appeared to be the same plant as the first when if she had been pollinated the sunflower from her seeds would be a whole another plant. And how can you think to not have to explain that even if Suzy wasn't considered a weed in the end and thus saved why weren't the other weeds?
The illustrations were brightly done and mostly realistic in their portrayal with the exception of the three main characters. Even Suzy's extra flower faces weren't anthropomorphized like the main plant was being portrayed.
Finally there are two pages dedicated to explaining the message to young readers or those who may not have gotten it. The lesson is portrayed in a heart puzzle , which I thought was creative.
All in all it was a cute book and a sweet one that many young readers may find enjoyable for at least a once-over read.
I'm Not A Weed starts off with a page stating that all of us have arrived from nowhere seemingly in our families and communities while having adapted ourselves to fit right in as well as being loved (for the most part - thought based on my experiences). It then progresses to a Bible quote from 1 Peter 3:8 in which the reader is reminded that we are meant to be like-minded, sympathetic and to love one another as well as to be humble and compassionate.
The story from there proceeds with two little seeds who are meant to be siblings of some sorts although they don't look the same if they came from the same plant. Either way they introduce the reader to the sunflower who is to be the protagonist of the story and she explains how she came to be in the garden in her spot not once, but twice.
The story is very simple to read and follow along as well as grasp as each page has basically one sentence to move the story along. The parts that bugged me as an adult reader is the fact that it seems a bit callous to show how Mr Gardener removed seeds from Suzy's face with its illustrated portrayal (a bit graphically weird), the fact that Suzy knew what was happening in her second incarnation and the fact that she appeared to be the same plant as the first when if she had been pollinated the sunflower from her seeds would be a whole another plant. And how can you think to not have to explain that even if Suzy wasn't considered a weed in the end and thus saved why weren't the other weeds?
The illustrations were brightly done and mostly realistic in their portrayal with the exception of the three main characters. Even Suzy's extra flower faces weren't anthropomorphized like the main plant was being portrayed.
Finally there are two pages dedicated to explaining the message to young readers or those who may not have gotten it. The lesson is portrayed in a heart puzzle , which I thought was creative.
All in all it was a cute book and a sweet one that many young readers may find enjoyable for at least a once-over read.
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