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The Garden we Share

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$24.05 $32.95 In stock

Category: Books & Music

To everything there is a season in this beautiful story about gardening, seasons, and treasured memories.

This inspiring picture book written by

Zoë Tucker 

and illustrated by

Julianna Swaney

—the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of

We Are the Gardeners

by Joanna Gaines—celebrates the friendship between a young girl and an elderly woman as they plant seeds in a community garden alongside friends and neighbors, waiting for the seeds to flower. By mid-summer, the friends welcome a rainbow of color in the garden and picnics in the sun. At harvest, the young girl’s elderly friend is bed-ridden, but jubilant as they share baskets with red tomatoes and snap peas amid the sweet smell of lavender. When the last leaves fall, everything is different. But in the spring, hope arises anew.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Victoria R. ★★★★★

My kids love following the little girl through the seasons as she plants and harvests—the way the story weaves together growth and memory feels so gentle and true.

Natalie Q. ★★★★★

The watercolor illustrations of the garden through all four seasons are absolutely stunning, and the rhyming text flows so naturally. I love how it weaves together the idea of seasonal cycles with the sweetness of shared memories. My kids asked to read it again the moment we finished.

Daniel C. ★★★★★

My daughter and I read this before planting our garden each spring, and the way the seasons flow through the pages makes the memories feel so real. The sturdy hardcover holds up well to repeated bedtime readings.