Rose's Garden by Peter H. Reynolds - ADVISABLE

Reynolds, Peter H. Rose's Garden 34 pgs. Candlewick Press, 2009. PICTURE BOOK. $15.99.

This is a beautiful book with exquisite illustrations. Rose travels in her teapot all around the world, gathering seeds from each place she visits. When her teapot is brimming with seeds, she decides it is time to find somewhere to plant them. She stops at a city and finds a plot of land that looks like it needs some color and life. She plants her seeds and waits....and waits....and waits.... People from all around hear about this girl with so much faith in her little seeds to grow. They bring her paper flowers to keep her little seeds company. Eventually the tiny seeds she planted are in full bloom amidst the array of paper flowers that are already there. Everyone gets to enjoy their beauty!

As mentioned, the illustrations are incredible. They start in black and white and the first splash of color is seen when the first girl gives Rose a paper flower. After that the pages fill with color as more people donate flowers for Rose's garden. This is a sweet story about working together to make create something and to make something beautiful. Everyone was willing to help out and Rose was willing to share the fruits of her labors with everyone around. Good connections to service and working together.

EL-ADVISABLE.

Whitney, Library-Teacher.