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Reviews
'Touching, sentimental story, with vivid, beautiful illustrations. Powerful story of loneliness, and how the smallest seed can bud into renewal, revival, friendship, and love.' -- Goodreads 'I enjoyed this picture book... I plan to buy this for my elementary library.' -- NetGalley Librarian 'This was such a sweet book... The book has gorgeous illustrations throughout and it is mostly a picture book that follows the old man in his home. The detail is AMAZING and I loved spending time on each page to look through all the details. The story made me tear up a little at the end, it was very uplifting and a wonderful read. I think both parents and kids will really enjoy reading this one together.' -- NetGalley -- Cover2cover Blog '[A] tale of hope for all ages, told with stunning illustrations... The illustrations and mystery flower will appeal to emerging readers and the story will capture the hearts of mature readers.' -- Goodreads/Twitter--NetGalley 'The narrative is crisp, unsentimental, and economical. A perfect marriage of text and illustration...This struck me as stunning, [both] as a story, as an example of poetically crafted storytelling, and as a work of art. The author is widely celebrated in his native Sweden, and it's a delight to have this translation now available. This is not only a wonderful book for the family shelf, it should have pride of place.' -- Goodreads/NetGalley