About this item
At first, the Great, Green Garden Tour sounds like a lot of fun. Before long, though, young rabbit Timo starts to find that it's a lot of pressure. Can he really call his garden "great?" Maybe it needs one little change ... or a few ... or a lot. Anxious to make his garden measure up, Timo forgets to take time out for anyone else. Luckily, his friends know just how to remind him of the value of being there for others: by being there for him when he needs it most. In musical prose filled with word play and whimsy, Victoria Allenby invites young readers to come along as Timo sets to work with a skip and a song, meets trouble with a sniff and a sigh, and triumphs with a smile that's as bright as the sun. Dean Griffiths' charming illustrations are both classic and fresh, infusing each animal character with personality and life.
About the Author
Victoria Allenby grew up in a small Ontario town where she climbed trees, scraped her knees, and wrote down everything that happened to her. Usually in verse. As a young woman she moved to Toronto to study English and continued to write things down; one of those things was a poem called "Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That," which was acquired by Pajama Press and turned into a picture book. Victoria dreams of never growing up to become anything, and much prefers eternal childhood, thank you very much. She lives with Cole, her muse and handler, who enjoys catnip mice, belly rubs, and - most of all - naps.
