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Diana’s White House Garden
by Elisa Carbone (Author) and Jen Hill (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Diana Hopkins lived in a white house. THE White House.

World War II is in full force across the seas. It’s 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana’s father, Harry Hopkins, is his chief advisor. And Diana wants to be part of the war effort. After some well-intentioned missteps (her quarantine sign on her father’s office door was not well-received), the President requests her help with his newest plan for the country’s survival: Victory Gardens!

Based on a true story (See a photo of Diana Hopkins with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the back of the book.)

Snippet: Diana worked with George, the groundskeeper.
They turned over the soil.
They fertilized with chicken manure.
Then Diana planted bean seeds and carrot seeds, cabbage plants and tomato plants.

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Mr. McGinty’s Monarchs
by Linda Vander Heyden (Author) and Eileen Ryan Ewen (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Mr. McGinty and his dog Sophie love checking in on the monarch caterpillars and butterflies on their summer walks. But one day Mr. McGinty is shocked to find that all the milkweed in town has been mowed down! And monarch caterpillars, he explains, can’t survive without milkweed. Can Mr. McGinty come up with a plan to save the monarchs?

Snippet: Hurrying home, Mr. McGinty loaded an old wagon with jars. Its rusted wheels squeaked as he pulled it from the shed.

“Hurry, Sophie!” he called. “We’re going on a monarch mission.”