SOLVED. Children's Picture Book. Looking through a window onto a garden, urban setting, each picture a few years later. Read around 2000. [s]

[Critterbee❇]

Children's Picture Book, read around 2000, but seemed older, probably published in the 1990s? This was found/read in a teacher's room.

Pages are illustrated, perhaps colored pencils, artistic rather than realistic, a bit like Bill Peet's illustrating style

Setting is looking through a window (perhaps a girl's bedroom window) onto a garden in her yard in an urban setting.

Every picture has the same setup, each page has another picture through the same window, showing the progress the city and garden has taken; each page is a few years forward timewise

Time span is from when the girl is about 3 or 4 years old up to when she is about 16 years old

The garden encourages public involvement/interaction and moving into public spaces

[Critterbee❇]

I am hoping that someone will remember this - it seems to be like a very original book.
Thanks!

[Kris]

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[Critterbee❇]

Thank you, Kris
:D

[Rainbowheart]

Window?

[Critterbee❇]

That sounds similar, but is not the book.
The book I am trying to remember was more positive, people coming together in the community around the garden.

Thanks for looking, Rainbowheart!

[Rainbowheart]

Does anything on the Best Picture Books About Gardens list look familiar?

[Rainbowheart]

Oh, wait, maybe Belonging?

[Laina]

Hello, I don't believe this is your book, but your description reminded me of the Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton.
The Little House

However this story is told from the perspective of the house, not the little girl.

[Critterbee❇]

Laina wrote: "Hello, I don't believe this is your book, but your description reminded me of the Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton.
The Little House

However t..."

I love the Little House! It is not that one though.

[Critterbee❇]

Rainbowheart wrote: "Does anything on the Best Picture Books About Gardens list look familiar?"

Thanks for that idea - I didn't think to look on lists.

[Rainbowheart]

No prob!

Did you rule out Belonging, also by Jeannie Baker?

[Critterbee❇]

I don't think that is it - I think the art work is too different. But I have not ruled it completely out.

[Critterbee❇]

Rainbowheart wrote: "No prob!

Did you rule out Belonging, also by Jeannie Baker?"

Well, of course, that was it! I found a youtube video of the book being read. You were right!!

Thank you!

I am moving this over to SOLVED now...

[Rainbowheart]

Awesome, glad that was the right one!