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Mar 2024
29m 22s

The Reluctant Garden Gnome

Rhea Pechter
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Nem, a seven-year-old gnome, has just been given a single lime green seed with which to grow the garden he will tend to for life. Every other seven-year-old gnome tackles the challenge with enthusiasm, swiftly claiming patches of land and getting to work. Not Nem. He is far from ready to make his way in the world. Find out what happens as Nem travels through the forest with his beetle, Mo, and how he ultimately confronts his doubts with the help of a gnome you may remember from "The Gnome and the Seed". ENJOY!

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