When Wanda discovers a thornbush growing in an empty lot, she's quite sure it's a rosebush ready to bloom. So she clears away the trash, checks on it every day, and brings water from the butcher shop across the street. But no roses appear. Wanda's neighbors and friends are all doubtful, but when she invites them to a tea party in her "rose garden" one day in June, they're in for a big surprise. Pat Brisson's warm-hearted story and Maryann Cocca-Leffler's vibrant illustrations make this book about a child's simple faith one that children will long remember.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Boyds Mills Press .

Pat Brisson is the author of the Christopher Award-winning The Summer My Father Was Ten. She lives in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Maryann Cocca-Leffler has illustrated many books for children, including Bus Route to Boston.