Love Grows Everywhere

Description

With lushly coloured illustrations that tug at your heart, this lyrical picture book connects the love that nurtures plants with the love that nurtures our relationships. Love grows everywhere...From country farm to city squareFrom desert village, hot and dry, to mountain home where eagles fly. In Love Grows Everywhere, through gentle, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations, feel the love in a close-knit family who grow plants and sell them in their local market, and discover the types of love that exist in the many homes of their diverse community. But there's a new kid who is not quite so sure... Can the gardeners' daughter be brave and extend the love to him? In this warm and charming tale, perfect for Valentine's Day and beyond, there is love between friends, family, neighbours, romantic partners and so much more. Love truly does grow everywhere.

Barry Timms likes the way that stories bring people together. He can often be found with pencil in hand, writing or drawing or both. He loves road movies, ghost trains and exploring forgotten side streets. His books include I'm Sorry, Where Happiness Lives, The Wonder Machine and Noah and the Starbird.Tisha Lee is an author and illustrator living in Northern California. She studied Fine Art & Art History at the University of California, Davis. Now she happily works out of a light-filled studio in her backyard with a few dogs at her feet. She mostly uses gouache for her illustrations and finds inspiration in the details and diversity of everyday life. Love Grows Everywhere is her first book.

'Ahead of Valentine's Day comes a gentle, lyrical story celebrating the different kinds of love in a community.' * The Bookseller * 'Planting love and friendship across families, friends, and community. A truly beautiful book.' -- Tanya Anderson, author of A Woman's Garden 'there are so many details that make it exciting to read each time finding something new when you return to read the book again and again.' * Armadillo Magazine *