The Curious Garden
The Curious Garden
5.3/7
Bookroo
4.3/5
Goodreads

The Curious Garden

Written and illustrated by Peter Brown
Hardcover
$18.99
$17.97
3 - 5
Reading age
40
Page count
14
Words per page
AD840L
Lexile measure
Apr 1, 2009
Publication date

Buy from other retailers

AmazonBookshop

What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

One boy’s quest for a greener world… one garden at a time. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world. This is an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a clever seek-and-find element to this captivating picture book.

What Kind of Book is The Curious Garden

Topics

gardening  nature  coping with failure  the environmentscience and naturecity and town lifelifestylesecologycity life and urban livingscienceEarth Day

Genres

Reviews

Book Lists That Include This Book

The Creative Behind the Book

What Has Peter Brown Said About This Book

Nothing yet! Let Peter Brown know that you want to hear from them about their book.

More Books by Peter Brown

    picture • 48 Pages
    Mr Tiger Goes Wild
    Peter Brown
    picture • 40 Pages
    My Teacher Is A Monster (No, I Am Not.)
    Peter Brown
    picture • 48 Pages
    Fred Gets Dressed
    Peter Brown
    picture • 40 Pages
    Creepy Carrots!
    Series
    Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown
    chapter • 40 Pages
    Children Make Terrible Pets
    Peter Brown
    picture • 32 Pages
    Purple Kangaroo
    5.1
    Michael Ian Black, Peter Brown
    picture • 32 Pages
    Chowder
    Peter Brown
    picture • 40 Pages
    You Will Be My Friend!
    Peter Brown
    chapter • 320 Pages
    The Wild Robot
    Peter Brown
    picture • 32 Pages
    Flight of the Dodo
    Peter Brown
    View more

Other Books You Might Enjoy If You Liked This Book

    picture • 40 Pages
    Florette
    5.3
    Anna Walker
    picture • 32 Pages
    The Dumpster Diver
    5.0
    Janet S. Wong, David Roberts
    picture • 48 Pages
    The Digger and the Flower
    4.6
    #1 in Series
    Joseph Kuefler
    picture • 48 Pages
    Moth: An Evolution Story
    Isabel Thomas, Daniel Egneus
    picture • 32 Pages
    All Around Us
    Xelena Gonzalez, Adriana M. Garcia
    picture • 40 Pages
    The Promise
    Nicola Davies, Laura Carlin
    picture • 40 Pages
    Tidy
    4.8
    Emily Gravett
    picture • 40 Pages
    On the Farm, at the Market
    G. Brian Karas
    picture • 40 Pages
    Touch the Earth
    4.3
    #1 in Series
    Julian Lennon, Bart Davis, Smiljana Coh
    picture • 40 Pages
    We Are Water Protectors
    4.2
    Michaela Goade, Carole Lindstrom

Book Details

ISBN
9780316015479
Publication Date
April 1, 2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page Count
40
Words Per Page
14
Audience
Picture
Reading Age
3 - 5 years
Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
2008029165
WorldCat Number (OCLC)
243777496
Lexile® Level
AD840L
Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
~T
ATOS® Book Level
4.4
Accelerated Reader® Points
0.5
Accelerated Reader Quiz
129632
Accelerated Reader Interest Level
LG

Contribute to this page

Core Score - 60%

More than halfway there—keep going!

Depth Score - 15%

Just the barebones.

Improve this page

Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.

Top Contributors
01
@booksnobmom
5

Bookroo

Book Clubs

Follow Bookroo