Genre: Children's 4-8 years
Published: March 5, 2024
Pages: 48
Avocado seeds and slow growing! A young girl’s impatience turns to wonder as she and her avocado tree gradually change and grow in this story inspired by Israeli artist Taltal Levi’s childhood.
Ellie is sulking—she celebrated her birthday yesterday under the old avocado tree. But she’s not even a little bit taller today! Dad tells Ellie a secret. She is like the pit of an avocado, he explains, small and full of magic. Together they put an avocado seed in a glass of water by the window and watch as both Ellie and her avocado plant grow, take root, and eventually bring new life.
In Taltal Levi’s native country Israel, avocados are ubiquitous and plucked straight from the tree. In her third book, Taltal Levi uses warm, earthy colors to tell a personal yet universal story about the magic of growth.
Includes instructions for growing your own avocado tree!
Ellie is sulking—she celebrated her birthday yesterday under the old avocado tree. But she’s not even a little bit taller today! Dad tells Ellie a secret. She is like the pit of an avocado, he explains, small and full of magic. Together they put an avocado seed in a glass of water by the window and watch as both Ellie and her avocado plant grow, take root, and eventually bring new life.
In Taltal Levi’s native country Israel, avocados are ubiquitous and plucked straight from the tree. In her third book, Taltal Levi uses warm, earthy colors to tell a personal yet universal story about the magic of growth.
Includes instructions for growing your own avocado tree!
I received a copy of this book through Netgalley. This is my honest review.
This is a fun story about a girl who expects to almost magically and instantaneously grow on her birthday, as if being a "whole" year older makes her a very different person. Her father uses an avocado seed to show her that growing doesn't happen over night, but instead takes time.
I'm not sure how relevant the message of the story is (neither of my children ever seemed to think that their growth would happen quickly, but just because I didn't experience it doesn't mean it doesn't happen somewhat regularly). But the care with which the father explains things to his daughter is something every child should experience. And I liked how there were detailed instructions for growing your own avocado see in the back of the book. The illustrations felt rather wispy.
Overall I give Avocado Magic 3.7945 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Taltal Levi was born in the Galilee, Israel. She graduated from Lucerne University of Arts and Design with a degree in illustration fiction and has worked as a freelance illustrator since. In 2019 she was nominated for the Serafina Young Talent Award with her picture book debut A Little Courage. Taltal Levi works and lives in Basel, Switzerland.
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