Through the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews

One Small Garden

One Small Garden

Barbara Nichol
Illustrator:   Barry Moser 
Nonfiction
For ages 8 and up
Tundra Books, 2001   ISBN: 978-0887766879

On a little patch of ground in a city, hidden behind a house, there is a garden. This is a garden full of stories and memories and it is these tales that Barbara Nichol has brought together to create a lovely book which will enthrall both children and adults. Readers will explore little worlds filled with raccoons, Butch the cat, children, flowers, trees, insects, and gardeners of all kinds.

Barry Moser's magical illustrations give "One Small Garden" a luminosity that is unique.