Crystal had lived in the garden for many years and she was growing old–Zelda was just starting out in life and though she was young, she and Crystal were best friends, but one day Crystal was not in the garden, she had died; in this gentle, beautifully illustrated story, children learn, with Zelda, that true friendship is a gift that doesn’t die.

• ISBN: 9780735823006
• Author: Loth, Sebastian
• Published: 2010 , North-South Books, Incorporated
• Themes: Death, Friendship, goose, memory, turtle
• Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 64