This Is Your Garden — Maggie Smith

In this life-affirming picture book, a small sprout of a girl begins her garden with a bit of earth, good tools, and seeds. Then she weeds and waters and waits. As the seedlings grow and then bud and blossom, Maggie Smith's illustrations grow as well. The first pictures are open and spare, but grow richer and more colorful as petunias and poppies and zinnias burst forth with each turn of a page.