Status
Available
Local notes
Fic Dru
Collection
Genres
Publication
Hawthorn Press (2012), 160 pages
Description
When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school his parents decide he shall learn from real life instead, and where better to start than gardening? With Moustache the dreamy gardener, Tistou discovers a remarkable gift - that he has green thumbs! Everything he touches sprouts beautiful plants. Now Tistou has lots to do. With the power of flowers he can change everything: prisons, slums, hospitals - even war.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1957
Physical description
160 p.; 5.8 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member Eurekas
Slightly dated, but OH so relevant story of a boy who needs for nothing, but is different. His wealthy parents are told by the school that he does not fit in. They turn over his education to the Gardener, who promptly discovers that Tistou has green thumbs, everything he touches instantly blooms.
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He uses this skill to make life better for the inmates of the prison, at the hospital for a girl whose been told she will never walk, in the slums of the city he lives in, and even to stop a war, a war his father, an a munitions maker was benefiting by. A unique and lovely story. Show Less
Pages
160