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Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden

by Mike Ciccotello Publisher: FARRAR STRAUSS & GIROUX

A ghostly garden with a cheerful twist

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Hardcover New English

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    Author Mike Ciccotello: Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award winner

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A ghostly garden with a cheerful twist

Leonard sets out to grow a garden for his ghost family, while the other ghosts have a distinctly spooky vision for it. His choices—flowers over putrid plants, bird feeders over bat boxes—set up the book’s playful contrast between the creepy and the cheerful. Gardening and family sit alongside the humorous question of whether a garden can delight its ghostly audience without looking frightening. A seasonal premise gives this picture book room for both springtime and Halloween fun.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 who enjoy humorous picture books.
  • Young readers interested in ghosts, gardens, or seasonal stories.
  • Families looking for a picture book about family and gardening.

Themes

FamilyGardeningHumorSpooky imagery with a cheerful twist

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Book overview

A cheerful ghost grows a boo-tiful (and totally not haunted) springtime garden in this laugh-out-loud picture book--the perfect gift for Easter, Halloween, or year-round fun.

Leonard the cheerful, can-do ghost is growing his family a garden. The other ghosts want it to be the scariest garden EVER! But the more Leonard sows, the less creepy their new garden seems. He plants flowers that are pretty instead of putrid, and installs bird feeders instead of bat boxes. Has Leonard made a grave mistake? Or will this botanical surprise blossom into a spook-tacular delight?

From Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award winner Mike Ciccotello, spring has sprung in this charming story about family, gardening, and a determined ghost with a green thumb. Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden is perfect for fans of Gustavo the Shy Ghost, The Creepy Carrots, and Millie Fleur's Poison Garden.

If you loved Leonard Grows a Haunted Garden, then you'll love Leonard Builds a Haunted House, another high-spirited picture book starring Leonard and his family of ghosts.

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