Dust Flowers

By Lisa Olson During one of the most trying periods in American history, the Dust Bowl Era, when the dust storms came and scoured the earth, a little girl  nurtures a courageous seedling she found trying to survive in the harsh and unforgiving conditions. She knows the blooms would bring a smile to her Mama’s tired face, as she has heard stories of the garden she used to keep.  What she doesn’t know is that the little flower promises something even more precious: Hope. This is the first book in the Tales from American HerStory series, in which tidbits of American history are explored from the vantage point of a girl protagonist.   BOOKS BY LISA GAMMON OLSON Dust Flowers / Sewing the Magic In / The Cheese Song / Remembering Green / And the Trees Began to Move / River of Light / Fig Newton Summer         Media and Reviews: Midwest Book Review:  "Everything about this touching story is soft and moving. From the illustrations by Kyle Olson, to the times in history that tore at