It’s fun when you find hidden gems among piles of normal stuff.  The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown was my gem in the large stack of picture books from the library. My kid preferred car/things-that-go books, but this is one of my favorite picture books I’ve ever read. It depicts the transformation of an industrialized city to a city filled with green living things.  Two large pictures depict the city. My kid preferred the first one with smokestacks and steel, but I loved the final one filled with green. It reminded me of projects like The High Line, and green roofs. Like the book depicted, life is better with gardens.