Delightful spring reading

I didn't intentionally read this at the beginning of spring, when I was thinking about my garden, but the timing couldn't have been better. Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman is about the transformation of an ugly lot in inner-city Cleveland to a beautiful, productive vegetable garden. Each chapter is told in a different voice - young, old, Korean, Hispanic, upbeat, sad. As the garden prospers, the gardeners get to know and trust one another, and they are transformed as well. The imagery is incredible, and the length of the book (69 pages) makes it approachable to many. A great multi-cultural selection.