what a sweet story, beautiful graphics and a great lesson about being kind to nature. Definitely going to keep this one on my list for gifts

This book is such a solid homeschool book! The illustrations are beautiful. The information is factual and interesting. The book goes through the seasons, what plants/animals need and how we can help them thrive. No climate shaming. Just kids wanting to help the world and parents encouraging it. Loved t!

What a beautiful book about creating wild space for plants and animals!

I love that the children in this story had an idea, and their parents supported them in making it happen. This will be such an inspiring story for children to hear, that they can help make changes to support and enjoy wildlife in their own backyard!

It’s great that the book gives tips and ideas for how to create your own wild garden.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pushkin children’s books for allowing me to review a copy of this book.

The illustrations in this are insanely pretty!! I love the wild garden and all the wildlife in the backyard! The story was good too, seemed more of an informal way to teach kids about growing wild gardens more than entertaining but still super cool!

This book was okay. As a preschool teacher I am always looking for books that my students would like. This one had potential but it was not to entertaining. This illustrations were very nice though.

I thought this was a very cute book about how to make a wild garden, and a child's imagination. It is very informative on what certain animals and insects bring at what time of year also.

This book inspires children to allow part of their yards or gardens to be “wild” in order to give animals and insects a place to thrive. It presents the topic in both a fun and educational way. The tips at the end of the book serve as a bonus. Very pretty pictures of flowers, grass, plants with lots of detail!

Nature books are, I believe, some of the most important picture books to introduce to children at a young age. This book introduces the idea of letting your personal home garden "go wild" in an effort to invite many different types of animals and bugs to your yard. While there are some great ideas in here (like a small pond and growing more wildflowers), it may not be applicable to everyone. The illustrations show the family in a suburban area in the UK, but this won't translate very well to U.S. residents who live in HOA neighborhoods. Some people are truly unable to just let their lawn grow without mowing and to let hedges grow wild (especially in fire prone areas). Unfortunately, this will only apply to families that have bigger pieces of land without any limitations or rules of lawn care. Because of this, my children won't be able to do much with the info given. However, I still love the idea of this book and the illustrations are so sweet (I'm really bothered by the mother's nose though! It's disproportionately bigger than the rest of the family). The last page of the book encourages readers that they don't HAVE to do it ALL, they can just start with one or two things (install a bird bath size pond if you can, or plants flowers to encourage pollinators, or provide seeds for birds in winter). This is a great idea for a book, but it just won't make sense for those of us who live in the city or suburban neighborhoods.

Our Wild Garden chronicles one family's transformation from a plain lawn to a garden, as told from an onlooking Robin's perspective. The Robin comments on all of the ways that the family is making the lawn better: a pond is being built to attract frogs and birds, letting the flowerbed grow "a bit wild" to attract more butterflies, and ditching the lawnmower to make a wildflower meadow. Beautiful illustrations and informative-yet-digestible text make this a wonderful introduction to wild gardening for families.

This book goes over how to grow your own wild garden! I thought this book was beautiful and a wonderful way to get children excited about wildlife and gardening. The illustrations in this book are breathtaking and do a wonderful job at showing different wild life. If you're interested in starting your own wild garden I recommend checking this book out!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This story is about two children who want to build a garden in their backyard after being inspired by wildlife. They want their own wildlife in their backyard versus watching it only on tv.

I thought this was very sweet, I enjoyed the illustrations. I read this to my niece and she also thought it was so cute. She is now excited to have a garden one day, where lady bugs and butterfly’s can visit her.

I do think some of the writing is a little awkward, however I loved how the ending provided extra tips for our own gardens.

Thank you to NetGalley and Pushkin Press for this ARC

I have four kids, and taught preschool for five years, and this book is an absolute gem for little kids! Mine cherished every word, every page, and we read it two times back to back. I wish I had this when I was teaching. It was phenomenal. Add into your kids bookshelves.

This book was such a sweet way to make being out in nature exciting for little ones. Children nurture their creativity when they are connected with nature and doing so allows them to flourish in other areas of their life, and books like this will help spark an interest. I also loved how this book gave helpful and age appropriate facts about what different elements of nature need to thrive. A great story, and the illustrations are beautiful!

I enjoyed the idea of this book but it wasn’t for me. I almost feel like the content and message of the book may have kids upending their parents gardens

I think this book is perfect if not on Kindle. It was hard to read digitally but I think it would be perfect if it was a physical copy. The story tells us so many great things about how we can build a garden that not only benefits us, but the wildlife around us. I liked the book a lot because I love gardening and I think this book explains wild gardening in a way that is fun for children.

The illustrations were beautiful and fun. They really added to the books. I would purchase this book for my children's library.

4 Stars

**Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy of Our Wild Garden, in exchange for an honest review.**

How amazing would it be to have a piece of land all set up for the single purpose of keeping it messy? I don’t mean with junk - I mean with things growing wild- like flowers, plants, old logs and pollinators? A magical place that attracts wildlife and a whole new habitat? Well Our Wild Garden explores this concept- with excellent illustrations and facts about why they are putting certain things in the garden. My daughter and I enjoyed reading this and learned a few things. We would definitely recommend this book for kids who have a wild imagination, love nature, being creative and seeing what happens.

This story wasn’t quite what I was expecting, and I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the concept. But the illustrations are beautiful, and I think the story was well written and informative. I can see lots of families enjoying it.

Our Wild Garden is a story about two children who decide to bring the concept of wilding to their families yard. It provides examples of how to achieve this in the space that you have (ponds, hedgehog holes, etc.) and then benefits for nature. The story is easy to follow and the illustrations are beautiful.

Thanks to Pushkin Press and NetGalley for an eARC of this book for an honest review.