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The Curious Garden

Author: Brown, Peter

Follett Number: 15305Z6
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009
Format: 35 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-01547-9
ISBN-10: 0-316-01547-4
LCCN: 2008-029165
Dewey: -E-
Classifications: Fiction; Easy

Subjects:
City and Town Life Fiction
Gardening Fiction
Picture Books for Children
Liam discovers a hidden garden and with careful tending spreads color throughout the gray city.

From the publisher:
This New York Times bestselling modern classic explores the perennial topic of environmentalism in an urban world, from the creator of The Wild Robot and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild 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.

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