日本に住む子ども達には中々ないアイディアかもしれない。ユニークな発想、自立、責任、見守る親、いろいろな意味でいい刺激もらえ、そばに置いておきたい絵本のひとつ。１９８１年初版のやや古い作品だが、絵やお話に古さは感じられない。絵は青、黄色、緑の少ない色使いで構成され、それがまた植物の緑をより感じさせる。

夏休みはどこにも出かけないので好きなことをしていいと言われたトミーは、近所の植木を１日２セントで預かることにした。家の至る所に鉢植えが置かれ、ピクニックやジャングルで映画でも見ているような気分も味わえた。ある晩大きくなりすぎた植物で家が壊れる夢を見たトミーは、図書館で本を見つけ、調べ、剪定する。そして切り落とした枝は小さな鉢に植えた。

It may be an idea that children living in Japan don't have. One of the picture books that I want to keep by my side, with unique ideas, independence, responsibility, parents watching over, and good stimulation in many ways. It's a rather old work, first edition in 1981, but the pictures and stories don't feel old. The painting is composed of less blue, yellow and green colors, which also makes the plant feel more green.

Tommy, who was told she could do whatever she wanted because she wouldn't go anywhere during the summer vacation, decided to take care of the plants in her neighborhood for two cents a day. Potted plants were placed all over the house, and I felt like I was watching a movie at a picnic or in the jungle. One night Tommy, dreaming of a house being destroyed by an overgrown plant, finds a book in the library, examines it, and prunes it. And the cut off branches were planted in small pots.