Reviews for My Garden

The average rating for My Garden based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-02-24 00:00:00 Jeffrey Bright I didn't know anything about the book and was surprised to discover it is not so much about actual gardening (though there is a real garden the mom and daughter plant) as imaginative gardening as the little girl dreams of having a garden with no weeds or dead plants, and wants to plant seashells (to grow seashells, of course!) and jellybeans to grow candy plants. And there would be no carrots, because she does not like them ;-) Overall, I appreciated the imaginative approach, though I do love real rabbits more than chocolate ones! (You'll see if you read this.) I love Kevin Henkes, especially his "mouse books" (i.e., Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse) and was so excited when my library finally got a copy of this book. Fittingly enough, it came a few days after we did some planting in our own yard and I read this outside on a very pleasant afternoon :-) I'm not sure this is one of my favorite Henkes titles (it just lacks that extra depth of the mouse books, IMO, and I am not as big a fan of the illustrations style here) but it's definitely worth exploring especially if you have an imaginative little one interested in gardening.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-04-06 00:00:00 George Hutchcraft 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.