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The Extraordinary Gardener
By (Author) Sam Boughton
Tate Publishing
Tate Publishing
1st August 2018
3rd May 2018
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Hardback
32
Width 184mm, Height 254mm
Joe is a boy just like any other, but Joe loves to imagine. Joe lives in a pretty ordinary tower block, in a rather ordinary city. His world is rather grey. However, he spends his time imagining a wonderful world filled with exotic plants and unusual animals. Once day Joe decides to plant a seed on his balcony, he waits and waits but nothing happens! Joe gives up and goes back to his daily life, but one day when he least expects it he spots that the seed has turned into the most beautiful tree. Joe begins caring for the tree and growing lots of other plants on his balcony and soon everyone in the neighbourhood is getting involved. A charming story about the important of nature, teaching us that if we work hard enough our dreams really can come true!
Sam Boughton lives and works from her studio in Teignmouth, South Devon. She received a BA in Illustration from UWE and an MA in Illustration from the Cambridge School of Art. Sam works as a book illustrator for Tate Gallery, Penguin and OUP, as wellas creatingsemi-abstract landscapes. Her work is found in bookshops and galleries in the UK and internationally.