“This intimate exploration of a child’s burgeoning imagination hits every note right…Just plain perfect.A sweet and yes also deceptively simple little story with enchantingly evocative accompanying artwork about an elderly bear who during his annual wintertime sleep is both dreaming about being a young cub again and equally delightfully enjoying the four seasons (spring flowers, summer berries, autumnal salmon runs, sparkling winter snowscapes), I was at first definitely thinking that with Old Bear author/illustrator Kevin Henkes would not really be presenting any actual hard fact information on bona fide ursine behaviour. “Imagination grows and spreads from the fertile pages of this book to the minds of young readers…A must for every library.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “Henkes gives the young storyteller a matter-of-fact voice and a sly sense of humor, while dewy watercolors and ink picture her reveling in a magical world of plants, birds, and butterflies.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) “With its adroit look at a child’s colorful imagination, My Garden is as fresh and inviting as spring after winter.” - Horn Book (starred review) “Even as the story elevates the wonders of nature into the realm of the fanciful, it reminds readers to appreciate everyday flowers and soil.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Critical Praise A must for every library.” - School Library Journal (starred review) “Imagination grows and spreads from the fertile pages of this book to the minds of young readers.
“With its adroit look at a child’s colorful imagination, My Garden is as fresh and inviting as spring after winter.” - The Horn Book (starred review) Just plain perfect.” - Kirkus (starred review) “This intimate exploration of a child’s burgeoning imagination hits every note right. How does your garden grow? A wondrous New York Times bestselling picture book from Caldecott medalist Kevin Henkes.Ī girl helps out in her mother’s garden, but in the garden of her imagination, there are chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells.
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