We all liked this, but I thought the switch between winter and spring felt a bit too abrupt. The story could have used a better bridge between the parts where Adam was a bit lonely and homesick and then he suddenly had friends. A lovely book portraying some real issues children may face having moved from other countries to the UK.
Jan 17, Miss Sarah rated it liked it Shelves: picture-books. A young boy learns to make friends and assimliate into a new neighborhood. Aug 09, Ms Threlkeld rated it really liked it Shelves: picture-books , inclusivity.
Uplifting story about an immigrant boy making friends and brightening his neighborhood with gardens. Mar 03, Kris rated it liked it Shelves: picture-books. This book tries to do too many things at once, and so instead of one idea being spectacularly told, they are a bunch that are just okay. It is a nice, if unrealistic, story. Not bad, just not great. Jun 25, Lara Bate rated it really liked it. A lovely story of a boy who moves into the big city. He sees snow for the first time.
He misses the animals from his hometown but ends up making friends with the kids in his neighbourhood. Oct 01, Wetdryvac Wetdryvac rated it it was amazing.
Pretty nifty. Mar 10, Becky rated it it was ok. This book tried to do too many things and ended up missing the mark on all of them. A clearer focus would have been a benefit. The story of a young boy who moves to a new country, to live in a high rise flat. He misses home, and then experiences snow for the first time. There is a nice reassuring message of friendship and at the end, the city is filled with gardens. A nice story to talk about being welcoming and kind to people, and the idea of greening a city.
Soft watercolor illustrations and simple text combine to tell a story of hope for the future and an acknowledgement that change begins in small ways. Although it's nothing like his former home, Adam enjoys the highrise apartment in which he lives. Nevertheless, he expresses his loneliness and longing through drawings, even using the frost on the window panes as his canvas. When snow falls, he ventures outdoors and builds a small elephant from the snow while the other children build the usual sno Soft watercolor illustrations and simple text combine to tell a story of hope for the future and an acknowledgement that change begins in small ways.
When snow falls, he ventures outdoors and builds a small elephant from the snow while the other children build the usual snowman.
Before he knows it, he's been joined by the other children who add other animals from a much warmer climate to the frozen menagerie. Not only has Adam made new friends in the neighborhood but some of them attend his school.
Later, he and his mother plant the seeds his teacher gives him in the apartment's window boxes. The school community garden provides more seeds and plants that end up as part of a rooftop garden that spreads all over the landscape that Adam can see.
I especially appreciated how the author depicts children alongside some adults who are making a difference in the world and the replacement of drab grays with living greens. Originally published in the United Kingdom, this picture book reminds readers that great things often start off small and that they can have a positive impact on the world around them.
In a world with drabness, that message is sorely needed. Sep 12, Amanda rated it did not like it Shelves: children-s-picture-books , poc. Ok, this book is so messed up that I don't even know where to start. The author probably had good intentions. Let's get started: 1. If it snowed that long and hard, then there would have been puddles, slush, melting and that garden wouldn't be looking so green.
The weather here makes NO sense; 6. Just suspend all disbelief--and brain functions really--if you are going to read this book. Talking about afterward immigration without making it sound "immigration". Only parts readers can tell Adam is from other countires is because of pictures he drew that shows his previous place, which is expressed as "the faraway place where he used to live" and " he asked his mom and dad to read him stroies that brough back memories of their old home" and the snow that Adam saw it for the first time in this new place.
He makes friends over snow man, snow animal making time. At school he gets see Talking about afterward immigration without making it sound "immigration". At school he gets seeds and eventually turns his gray-look apartment into a city forest that he started from his balcony garden. It is a beautiful story to construct a new relationship with new friends in the new school and community.
I wonder though, his drawings to tell stories from old home only have images of animals and tropical vegitations.. He could have had people, friends, community, city etc as part of stories of old places.. Oct 19, Wendy Wei rated it really liked it Shelves: immigrant-text-set. This book is talked a boy moved to new place, but he misses his plants and animals from his old home.
One day, his teacher gives him some seeds, and his friends and he is gathering together and begin to grow plants around the city. I feel like this story helps students to understand that moving to a new place may difficult but there is more things to look forward. Building up new relationship with new friends in the new community may be hard to students, but educators should be more supportive t This book is talked a boy moved to new place, but he misses his plants and animals from his old home.
Building up new relationship with new friends in the new community may be hard to students, but educators should be more supportive to them. The illustrations are presented his old home and new home. They used images of animals and tropical plants to represent the old home, and snow, apartments, and city to represent his new place. Adam moves to a city and misses the plants and animals from his old home. Winter brings opportunities to make friends and build snow animals so when school starts Adam feels more at home.
In class, Adam is lucky enough to be gifted seeds by his teacher such that he and his friends can turn their community into a city of gardens.
Put this on the shelf next to Brown's The Curious Garden. Love it! Watercolor artwork. Apr 13, Siobhan rated it it was amazing. This book follows Adam as he tries to get used to life in the city. Presumably he is from Africa judging by the pictures he draws of home , and has a hard time being surrounded by buildings and snow. When spring comes, his teacher gives him a handful of seeds.
With this, Adam and his friends begin to plant rooftop gardens around the city. They reuse abandoned space to create lush gardens. Great story of friendships and life blossoming anew. The Seeds of Friendship Press Reviews A powerful fable about friendship Bookseller Beautifully illustrated and sensitively written, this is a story full of warmth, inspiration and hope.
The School Librarian A simple idea and message, perfectly told, which should leave everyone with a smile and an enthusiasm for growing things, wherever they live! If you loved this, you might like these More About Michael Foreman.
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