A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Sagas fosters reverence and wonder for

fosters reverence and wonder for a forest far more magical than even fairy-tales claim

from gardens to ponds

and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing

Tree at My Window

Garth Williams is the renowned illustrator of almost one hundred books for children

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Sagas fosters reverence and wonder forA special 75th anniversary edition of the beloved American classic about a young girl's coming of age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York demanded fortitude, precocity, and strength of spirit. Often scorned by neighbors for her family's erratic and eccentric behavior such as her father Johnny's taste