This original first edition hard to find children's book is clean, bright and odor free with its original dust jacket.  This is not a library copy. The only writing is a dedication at Christmas 1965 written in ink on the front end paper, as shown.

This book has green cloth binding and its dust jacket shows some light rubs at the corners, as shown. 

This beloved story is a tale of two children who loved and wanted pets and how a strange creature helped them by planting a unique garden