Miss Jaster's Garden

 Oh how I love this book! Not only does it showcase an adorable, garden growing hedgehog (Be still my heart!) but it takes place in a seaside town and has a MAP on the flyleaf (also called the frontispiece). A adore book that have maps on the flyleaf page. I adore books that have a map on the flyleaf pages! I adore books that..... OK. Sorry. Got carried away. But really.



    Here is the Purple House Press intro to the book:

Hedgie the hedgehog lives in a little corner of Miss Jaster's garden. One morning nearsighted Miss Jaster mistakenly plants some seeds on Hedgie, who is asleep in the flowerbed. Before Hedgie knows it, flowers have sprouted among the quills on his back! It's the happiest day of Hedgie's life, his feet begin doing little dance steps and before you know it Hedgie dances out beyond the gate.
When Miss Jaster thinks she sees her flowers walking by themselves, she calls the constable. Will Hedgie ever be able to return to the garden he loves?
Originally published in 1972, Miss Jaster's Garden is a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book.

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