Edmonton's TD Kids Book Club explores imagined gardens with Jon-Erik Lappano

Grade 4 students at Edmonton'sEcole/Escuela GrandinjoinedDaybreak Albertahost Russell Bowersfor a conversation with author Jon-ErikLappanoabout his picture bookTokyo Digs a Garden. The event was one of six TD Book Clubshappening across the country, in celebration of the books nominated for the2017 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.

• Meet the finalists for the $30K2017 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award

• How Tokyo Digs a Garden grew into an award-winning picture book

Tokyo Digs a Garden illustrates the magical transformation of a city into ajungle right before the reader's eyes. Students, however, did not have to travel any further than their school's halls to learn how Lappano turned his idea into a Governor General's Literary Award-winning picture book.

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Lappanoanswered questions ranging from the title's origin to the authors that inspired him, also offering writing advice for future storytellers.