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A little girl helps her mother in the garden, watering, weeding, chasing away the rabbits: "It's hard work, and my mother's garden is very nice, but if I had a garden..." What follows is a fine description of a garden any child would love. Many aspects would appeal to adults, too: there are no weeds, the flowers grow back as soon as they're picked, and the air hums with bird and butterfly wings. But other details display the author's keen understanding of what's really o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In a little girl's imaginary garden, the bunnies are chocolate, there for the eating; planting jellybeans yields a jellybean bush. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Kevin Henkes’s illustrations—with their heavy outlines and pastel colors—evoke drawings done with felt-tip markers. Both the story and the art could be products of a child’s active imagination. Every detail of the garden has kid appeal. Young readers will...Log In or Sign Up to Read More