Love Makes a Garden Grow

Written and illustrated by Taeeun Yoo

A garden bridges generations, nurturing love and memories.

4.2 Goodreads · 262 ratings

40 pages· AD540L

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Bookroo's summary

A young girl bonds with her grandfather in his garden, learning life's lessons through tending plants. As she grows, the garden shrinks, but their connection remains. What will she pass on to her own daughter? This heartfelt tale explores the enduring love that binds families across generations.

From the publisher

From the bestselling illustrator of Strictly No Elephants comes a sweetly personal and stunningly illustrated picture book about a young girl who grows closer to her grandfather by tending to the garden with him. When I am as small as a sprout, Grandfather’s garden feels big. A young girl observes the bugs and blooms and the rich smell of the soil of her grandfather’s garden. Her grandfather hums as he waters his treasured plants. And when he gives the girl a flower of her own, caring for it teaches her to feel her grandfather’s love. Even as time passes and her grandfather’s garden grows smaller and the girl grows up, she never forgets what she learned or loses her closeness with her nurturing grandfather. When my daughter is as small as a sprout, we visit Grandfather together. Inspired by the author-illustrator’s own family, this beautiful and personal story celebrates the love that binds families and makes us who we are.

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