The Time Garden

This is a cute story for younger readers about a group of children who go to live with someone while their parents are overseas presenting a new play the father had written. In a garden they meet a natterjack toad that is a magical creature. Through the use of thyme, the herb, the children are able to travel through time, but are to do good deeds while they are in another time.

They get to see a house that was part of the Underground Railroad, they get to meet the young Louisa May Alcott, and they have a number of other adventures. They do not always do exactly what they are supposed to do, of course, but nothing horrible happens because of it.

An entertaining book.



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