Ollie's Garden

ollie is frustrated that his animal friends are constantly fighting. He sets out on a mission to show them that they are all equally important. This is an awesome message to teach kids about diversity.

A fantastic book illustrating equality and diversity, it was a pleasure to read and a wonderful addition to your child's library.

This is a great book for children. I did not know it is third in a series but it can be read independently. The illustrations are beautiful, the colors used very lively and I went back to my childhood when I had such books which had colorful pictures and had timeless morals. Please do not judge the book from an adult's point of view. When you see the book, see like you would've done if you were a child of four years.
. The moral of unity in diversity and how a kaleidoscopic mosaic helps in the building of a fruitful society is wonderfully done.

Ollie’s Garden by Riya Aarini
This children’s book is about a young boy who pretends he is King of his garden. It tells a timely story about the importance of friendship, acceptance and working together.
Ollie is a lover of nature! He loves all of the plants and animals in his yard and wants to keep all of “his” animals happy! Ollie thinks that his job as “king” is to see that the various animals get along. When fights start out between the different kinds of lady bugs; he tries unsuccessfully to order them to be kind.
I liked the way the story told how Ollie finds a workable solution to this dilemma. It makes for a charming and fitting moral tale suitable to help young children to get along and understand differences are good!
The colorful illustrations V. Carvalla add to the charming tale of tolerance and friendship!
As a retired early educator, I appreciate the theme of friendship and acceptance that runs throughout Ollie’s tale! Learning and reading about friendship is always important especially with our very young learners.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my review. This book will be published on Nov. 14th, 2020.

Lovely story about friendship, fairness and trying to create harmony. Ollie loves his garden but gets caught up in the bickering between the animals. The illustrations bring the story to life. This is a story we will use in school this term

The way children think and see the world around them is not always the same as adults. So, although I was a little hesitant about this book, my little one was just thrilled, reading about Ollie and his garden, filled with quarrels between red and yellow ladybugs, the frogs and toads arguing and the squirrels and chipmunks were falling out..

The book follows two distinct paths, through the first children you can see the color of the outside world, what the garden looks like and what creatures can be seen there, what colors can be seen in the garden. The beautiful illustrations masterfully highlight the colorfulness of nature, the garden and the animals. The other directive, which is a bit more subtle, does indicate the diversity of all of us. We are all in some way different, but one should not judge by differences, different does not mean something bad, but rather bring more fun to the world.. Through the stories of Ollie and his words, every child can see that the world needs variety, as well as animals.

The length of the book is completely satisfactory, the text and the style of writing are adapted to the children.

The illustrations in this book are so cute and colorful. This book tackles about differences among individuals and how it connects and unites us all. I loved how this is shown in the book, from Ollie almost giving up to having realizations and then doing something about it.

This review is posted on Goodreads on September 9, 2020.

This story is about a little boy who is king of the garden!
He helps all the animals come together in harmony for a very happy garden - despite all their differences and arguments.
The illustrations were nice and colourful, and was perfect for the book.
Love the fact there is a character in a wheelchair - my daughter was over the moon there was 'someone like mummy' in the book