The Garden Car

Name: The Garden Car
Author: Doaa Othman

by Doaa Othman

Ages 4–89 min readMaking FriendsFree to read

One day Sal's father decides to get rid of the car she likes to play around with her friends. Learn what Sal and her friends do to keep the car in the garden.

A heartening story about a girl and her friends who pool their pennies and imagination to rescue a beloved junk car and turn it into the heart of the garden.

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Questions to talk about together

Sal's dad called the old car dirty and ugly — what did Sal see in it that he didn't?
The friends only had enough money for two cans of paint — how do you think that made them feel?
What is something old you love that you would want to fix up instead of throw away?

The Garden Car

Questions to talk about together

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