- The Curious Garden is a story about a boy’s dream and how one small person can help change the world.
The ground may still be frozen up north, but here in Florida it will be planting time soon. If you’d like to try an easy spring craft, read Peter Brown’s beautiful picture book The Curious Garden (Little Brown, 2009) with your child.
In the story, a child discovers a small garden on an elevated railway in the midst of a grey metropolis. Wonderful transformations ensue. After you’ve read the story, you can draw or paint a city skyline around the outside of a small pot. Then plant seeds inside and watch your own metropolitan garden bloom in the weeks to come. Another book to consider: Ruth Klauss’s perennial The Carrot Seed (Harper Trophy).
Enjoy!
