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Available
Collection
Publication
Flying Eye Books (2018), Edition: New, 40 pages
Description
A little gardener who is not very good at gardening makes a wish for a little help.
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LibraryThing member bookwren
A tapestry of images, a sparcity of just-right words bring to life the little boy gardener. Expressive eyes speak a world of emotions: happiness, satisfaction, earnestness, sadness, exhaustion, hope, bliss. Even the pet worm elicits sympathy. The plot is a perfect circle. This is a book to share
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LibraryThing member Cataloger623
This story taken at face value has little meaning. The gardener is not good at his job but has one beautiful flower that makes his failing efforts worthwhile. He gives up trying to keep the garden going by by falling asleep for a month after asking ( God?)for a little help. During his month long
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sleep someone else admires the flower and tends the garden successfully. The end. No point . But when viewed from the perspective of a child the book becomes the story faith and redemption. The child knows he can't manage the real world but appeals for help from anyone believing that there is someone anyone out there who cares will help. Surprise help comes and his garden is saved. For a child and for cynical adults this is much needed injection of hope into a world we cannot handle. Show Less
LibraryThing member Lschwarzman
This is a lovely story about a gardener whose garden is too big for him to care for alone. Once he has given up hole, he falls asleep only to awaken and find that things have changed in his garden. The illustrations are beautiful, and I will definitely use this book in my classroom.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Small in stature but big in heart, the eponymous little gardener in this lovely picture-book works as hard as he can to sustain the garden that provides him with a home, sustenance, and joy. But although he does the best he can, his garden withers, save for one beautiful flower. Wishing on a star
Part fairy-tale, part exploration of the beauty and importance of the natural world around us, The Little Gardener is the second picture-book I have read from author/artist Emily Hughes, following upon her earlier Wild. I enjoyed the story here quite a bit more than I did with Wild, and I found the artwork (as is so often the case with Flying Eye Books) absolutely gorgeous. Children who enjoy stories about "little people" - fairy-tales like Thumbelina, The Borrowers series, the aptly named Littles series - will enjoy this story of a miniature gardener and his human-sized girl counterpart, and will appreciate seeing their garden blossom. I know I did! Recommended to all young gardeners and/or fairy-tale lovers.
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one night, the gardener goes to sleep, unaware that his flower also provides joy to a (big) little girl, who also works in the garden, inspiring her to do better as well...Part fairy-tale, part exploration of the beauty and importance of the natural world around us, The Little Gardener is the second picture-book I have read from author/artist Emily Hughes, following upon her earlier Wild. I enjoyed the story here quite a bit more than I did with Wild, and I found the artwork (as is so often the case with Flying Eye Books) absolutely gorgeous. Children who enjoy stories about "little people" - fairy-tales like Thumbelina, The Borrowers series, the aptly named Littles series - will enjoy this story of a miniature gardener and his human-sized girl counterpart, and will appreciate seeing their garden blossom. I know I did! Recommended to all young gardeners and/or fairy-tale lovers.
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Awards
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (Nominee — 2016)
NPR: Books We Love (2015)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 10.5 inches
ISBN
1912497999 / 9781912497997
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Pages
40