A Child’s Garden

Title: A Child’s Garden

Author: Michael Foreman
Illustrator: Michael Foreman

Publisher: Walker Books (2010)

ISBN: 9781406325881

 

In an environment of war and poverty, a home is turned into rubble. “Then, one day, soldiers came and destroyed everything.” But a boy sees hope in a small green shoot growing towards the sun and gently encourages the plant to grow, creating a garden of hope. “The new garden became home once more to birds and butterflies. Let the soldiers return, though the boy. Roots are deep and seeds spread.”