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heetlibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Fantastic watercolor illustrations, perfect rhyming, would be great for preschool/lower elementary.
missprint_'s review against another edition
3.0
Nice intro to garden and a garden's inhabitants. Text ran a little long and the rhyme scheme fell apart on a couple of pages. Lots of fun details but only barely held a pre-k class's attention.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
Told in a lyrical poem, a community garden goes through changes over the course of 4 seasons.
rhodesee's review against another edition
4.0
The rhyming text flows beautifully and is perfectly complemented by the illustrations.
agudenburr's review against another edition
4.0
Written in a rhyme, tells of all the creatures in one's garden. The illustrations are on the small side so it would be better for a one-on-one story.
backonthealex's review against another edition
4.0
The gentle rhyming text in this book celebrates the diversity of life in a community garden throughout the year, beginning in spring "In the earth / a single seed / sits beside a millipede." through summer "Blooms of every shape and size / call to bees and butterflies," to autumn, winter and finally back to spring, when "Time goes by / and by / and then... / life returns / to start / again." McCanna shows young readers that there is so much activity in a garden, bugs and insects, their activity often unseen and unnoticed, are as busily at work as the children and adults. Flowers, insects and bugs are all named within the rhyme. My young readers and I were luckily enough to read this before we had to shelter at home, and they loved exploring each page and talking about everything there is to see. For example, one two page spread shows a mama bird bringing a tasty worm to her newly hatched babies in their nest, a squirrel running down the tree, a bird enjoying some green growing treats, and a butterfly going about her business all unnoticed by a little girl walking her dog. The seasonal illustrations are done in watercolor, ink, charcoal and Photoshop and the people are as diverse as the depicted vegetables, flowers and creatures. This book was rated A+ by my young readers.
wordnerd153's review against another edition
4.0
Lovely celebration of a garden on a micro and macro level.
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