The Curious Garden, Peter Brown
The Curious Garden, Peter Brown
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The Curious Garden

Author: Peter Brown

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/11/2013


Synopsis

Dynamic author and illustrator Peter Brown creates books that keep young readers enthralled. The Curious Garden is a wonderful tale that will show kids the importance of taking care of the world around us. A young boy named Liam is exploring a dark, gray city when he finds a struggling garden. Every day, Liam waters and takes care of the small plot, and over time it blossoms and spreads to make the entire city green again.

About Peter Brown

Peter Brown is Emeritus Professor of History at Princeton University. He is a celebrated scholar and author of numerous seminal historical works, which include Augustine of Hippo, The World of Late Antiquity, The Cult of the Saints, The Body and Society, Power and Persuasion in Late Antiquity: Towards a Christian Empire, Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianization of the Roman World, Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire, and Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa

This book completely charmed me. It reminded me of how when I was young blades of grass growing up through the sidewalk cracks had me fascinated; I could examine them for long periods of time and enjoy myself thoroughly. Liam the city gardener is a really wonderful character. The garden taking over th......more