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The Concrete Garden Ghosts and microbes and understand thatA timely, inspiring, and uplifting story about hope and the power of creative expression from one of the worlds most treasured storytellers After a long, cold winter, doors finally open, and children spill out like candies from a box. Amanda is the last one out of the apartment building, with a carton of chalk in her hands. On every inch of the pavement outside, the children draw pictures of flowers and trees, mushrooms and snails, and a few very