「隨著母親換新工作,剛搬家的小女孩拿出私藏的泥土與種籽,在新家重新打造屬於自己的空間。書中有些小細節,如父親的小帽顯示了他的宗教,母親跟小女孩說話的方式是蹲下來和她同高。手寫字與畫面雖然是色鉛筆為底,但顏色印刷細緻,迴盪在層次豐富的色彩裡。
文字上,故事從Home,經過Goodbye、Hope、Bloom、Hello、Friends,再到另一個Home,只比無字書多一點點,有如演奏中將定音鼓放進曲段裡,在不斷變化下制定穩緩的節奏。雖然搬家遷移有如外來種的植入,小小事卻大大的改變了城市裡的景觀。」
——摘錄自Okapi:〈不評比排名、不一定暢銷,2019年繪本職人最愛繪本╳10(英文類)〉(文/賴嘉綾)
“Castrillón offers riotous sprouting life through soft forms, stylized shapes, and bright colors.” —Publishers Weekly
“Elegant...A charmingly verdant tale in classic style.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Lovely...delightful.” —School Library Journal
From internationally acclaimed illustrator Melissa Castrillon comes a magical story of how a girl’s garden in her new home changes her life and the lives of people all around her.
When a little girl moves from her home to an apartment in the city, she takes her pretty plants with her and one by one they grow and bloom and change both her world and the world all around her as she makes a new friend. When your heart is open, the world is full of possibilities.