Isabella's Garden: Library Pick of the Week

There are a million and one books that have copied the old "This is the house that Jack built" rhyming structure. While this does mean it can get tiresome... It does not mean that all new versions of it are unoriginal. Isabella's Gardenby Glenda Millard is a lovely, lovely book. Originally published in Australia in 2009, it's finally made its way to our shores and would make a gorgeous addition to anyone's springtime basket. Well, it goes through all the seasons really, but the underlying theme is in the seeds lying "dark and deep"...

What really make this a treasure is the artwork done by artist Rebecca Cool; it is her first children's book and we can only pray for more! It looks like a folk collage that you'd see hanging on a metropolitan art museum wall. The colors are perfect and bold and exciting, the people move with strange fluidity and vibrancy. I absolutely love it all!

These are the flowers that waltz in the wind that ruffles the buds all velvety skinned...