What our educators thought

“We read this book as part of a book tasting club, reading in pairs and then taking it back into class to share with others. We started by predicting what we thought the book would be about and in particular one child felt represented by the child in the front cover which was really powerful. The children loved the illustrations and inferred much about the characters and relationship between what we assume is the little girl and her grandma. The children easily understood the meaning behind the leaky, imperfect watering can and the need to be perfect in all that we do not being important. One child said “The leaky can shouldn’t have felt ashamed but even prouder than the new one” and this led onto a discussion about times when they had felt proud of themselves and what imperfections they thought they might have and how much of a super power these imperfections were. A great book for use in PSHE and provoking much discussion. The children particularly liked the addition of the set of instructions at the back for growing your own wildflowers and wanted to embark on this project and the space to paint grandma’s garden. We all enjoyed reading about the author and the children were both surprised and amazed that this was Louise Royston-Smith’s debut picture book – after discussing the meaning of ‘debut’. The children all wanted to read the next book and discussed what the sequel could be. The children were all in Key Stage one from five different classes. They have shared the text back in their classrooms and the teachers have agreed that this book is a must read for every Key Stage one classroom.”