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Annotated by:
- McEntyre, Marilyn
- Date of entry: Jan-25-2005
Summary
Anna's grandfather, who used to take her for walks in the cornfields and "listen to the corn" with her, dies. Before his death he gave Anna her own kernels to plant when spring came. Anna, mourning her grandfather when spring comes, doesn't want to plant the seeds; she wants to save them. But her mother points out that if she doesn't plant them, she'll never hear the music from them that her grandfather taught her to hear. She tends the corn and listens. It isn't until fall that she hears the song and crackle of the corn she shared with her grandfather. After the harvest she gathers her own seeds to plant in the coming year.
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Illustrated by Lloyd Bloom
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Place Published
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Edition
2002
Page Count
29
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