A Peaceful Garden

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 3, 2018

Review

This is a gentle, purposeful book about cultivating a garden. Two unnamed cats take the reader through all the steps of preparing, planting and harvesting a garden. Readers are interactively asked if they have a hat, rake, and bucket. Do they like carrots, peas and lettuces? Signage is put out, as rabbits feast on the carrots, and offerings of daisies and a little saucer of water for the bees are suggested. This is a complete process of planting a garden in a gentle, friendly way. Pierce's watercolor illustrations provide many details of the gardening without being chaotic or busy. This book will most likely bloom while being read together. The end papers picture various items found in the garden with their word in stylized script.

Overall Book Score: good