I Beg Your Pardon, But This Is My Garden!: A story poem for children by Stephen Kindland

Capturing first place in its category at the 2015 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition, "I Beg Your Pardon, But This Is My Garden!" is a wonderfully illustrated story poem for children that offers life lessons about sharing the environment and peaceful co-existence. The story, which has received excellent reviews from parents and educators, features a group of garden bugs who argue about who owns the garden they share. Paul Irving Pickett, a very wise cricket, settles matters at the end of a very long day.