01553cam a2200265 4500 1039245244 TxAuBib 20231109120000.0 230609s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023940393 9780593206904 hardcover 0593206908 hardcover TxAuBib Houts, Michelle,. Hopefully the Scarecrow / Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios. 2023. New York : Flamingo Books, 2023. 40 pages ; 9.38 x 0.34 x 11.25 inches. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Ages 3-7 Flamingo Books. Grades K-1 Flamingo Books. 20231109. Palacios, Sara, illustrator. TXCAN