This book is so sweet. It talks about gardening with family. An how from a little seed life sprouts. It shows how the garden grows and the animals and insects that thrive from a garden. Then how after the loss of a loved one effects life. And how you can relive the memories and joy by planting the garden every year. Its a beautiful tale of love and life cycles.

4.5 Stars

The book started on a sweet note with a little girl and her granny planting seeds. They nurture the garden with loads of love and share the bounty with others. They collect the seeds and pack them for next spring. However, autumn brings an unexpected change. The kid continues the tradition and waits to feel the same as she did before.
The book is about love, families, nurturing, patience, loss, handling grief, and finding joy in nature. The illustrations are soft and soothing. They have a dreamlike quality to them. I didn’t expect such a twist in the second half or the comforting ending.
The story and the illustrations managed to give so much to the reader in a few pages. Just beautiful!
I received an ARC from NetGalley and NorthSouth Books and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This gorgeous picture book is about gardening, but it is also about love, loss, and community. Our lead character walks us through the year in her garden, which is also a year that sees the loss of her beloved grandmother. As she remembers her times with her grandmother, children are reminded that the memories of those they love stay with them. The illustrations are rich with all the colors of a Springtime garden, as well as a diverse community. I especially love the inclusion of different body sizes in the illustrations, something that is all too often neglected in children's picture books. Highly recommend for early childhood classrooms.

I didn’t love this one, I didn’t dislike it either though. The illustrations were really cute but the overall point of the story did not make a ton of sense to me.