My Garden Book

Chocolate rabbits and strawberry lanterns, and flowers that change their colors and have patterns? Sign me up! No carrots and things such as buttons and umbrellas? No thank you. But, that's what makes this book such fun. Every reader/listener is encouraged to think about what their ideal garden might contain.

A lot of imagination, some humor and some whimsy, and a lot f fun.

I'm not sure I was wild about the illustrations, especially given what they could be given that the story is about gardens, but they're appealing. I did enjoy the many different colored birds.

This isn't one of my favorite Kevin Henkes's books, but it's cute, and it would be fun to hear the garden ideas children come up with after they've read/listened to this book. I'd have loved it as a child; I always wanted a (more conventional) garden.