Celia Planted a Garden: The Story of Celia Thaxter and Her Island Garden

This picture-book biography follows Celia Thaxter, a nineteenth-century New England painter and poet who created a garden on the seacoast. Growing up on an island off Maine, where her father worked as a lighthouse keeper, she made beauty in a harsh island habitat. The book includes a timeline and extensive sourcing, with illustrations that evoke the coastal garden setting.