Author: Sarah Ashman & Nancy Parent

ISBN: 0-972-92250-4

Genre: Children’s Books

The following review was contributed by: Andrea Wren & CLICK TO VIEW Andrea Wren's Reviews

Try as she might, Holly couldn’t make her garden grow. Though her family are green-fingered, with blooming successes, Holly’s plants and flowers wilt and die and fail to thrive.

 Holly is not a girl to be discouraged, though, and though she’s disappointed, she looks for other ways to succeed. Holly finds a way to create her own blooms, without a single seed needing to be sown.

 This story of a very determined girl who won’t let the let-downs of life stand in her path is a sweet one, and will appeal to younger children of about four to seven years old.

 Lori Mitchell has illustrated Holly Bloom’s Garden with detail and colour, and I expect the book would be a favourite of little girls, though it could be read by boys as well.

 A pleasant book, though it didn’t especially stand out in terms of imagination. There are many of similar calibre out there, but it is still an enjoyable and well-presented story.