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As a child,  my absolute favorite book was a story called The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion. A little boy named Tommy decides to  take care of  all the neighborhood plants while the rest of the families leave on summer vacation.  His  wonderful care of those plants caused them to  grow, and grow, and grow until they took over his whole house and eventually the whole neighborhood, symbolic of  his outpouring of love. Take care of something, show it love, and it will grow in all kinds of ways. The book is still vivid to this day. Margaret Bloy Graham’s  pencil drawings  are simply and perfectly paired with Zion’s exciting tale of a young boy’s imagination, adventure and entrepreneurial skills.