The curious garden

By Peter Brown

Subjects: Cities and towns, fiction, City & Town Life, Juvenile fiction, nyt:picture-books=2009-05-03, Gardening, Fiction, Environment, Weather, Children's fiction, Nature & the Natural World, Juvenile works, Legends, Myths, Fables, City and town life, Gardening, fiction, Picture books for children, New York Times bestseller, Juvenile Fiction, New York Times reviewed

Description: One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.