When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree

When Grandma gives you a lemon tree, definitely dont make a face! Care for the tree, and you might be surprised at how new things, and new ideas, bloom. Charms from cover to cover. Kirkus (Starred review) When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. In this imaginative take on that popular saying, a child is surprised (and disappointed) to receive a lemon tree from Grandma for her birthday. After all, she DID ask for a new gadget! But when she follows the narrators carefuland funnyinstructions, she discovers that the tree might be exactly what she wanted after all. This clever story, complete with a recipe for lemonade, celebrates the pleasures of patience, hard work, nature, community . . . and putting down the electronic devices just for a while.