01823cam a2200349 i 4500 1033450720 TxAuBib 20231104120000.0 221215s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593206904 hardcover 0593206908 hardcover TxAuBib rda Houts, Michelle,. Hopefully the scarecrow / written by Michelle Houts ; illustrated by Sara Palacios. [New York] : Flamingo Books, 2023. 40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier A scarecrow stood in the garden. Tall, proud, and smiling. Every day a girl brought her favorite books to the garden and she read to him. He heard tales of courage and of hope. And when she said, "The End," the scarecrow always felt a little bit taller and braver. Year after year, she came and she read to him. Until one spring, two different hands picked him up from the garden shed and placed him in the garden. He waited, but she didn't come to read to him. With poignant words from award-winning author Michelle Houts and lush illustrations by Pura Belpré Honor winner Sara Palacios, Hopefully the Scarecrow is a tender distillation of the enduring power of friendship and a heartwarming look at the ways stories connect us. Age 6-7. Grade 1-2. 20231104. Scarecrows Juvenile fiction. Literacy Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Picture books. fast Palacios, Sara, illustrator.