The Flower Garden

Subtitle: A Changi Secret
By: Claire Saxby
Illustrated by: Lucia Masciullo
Genre: YNH - History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Published by: Walker Books Australia
Published: 01 Mar 2026
ISBN: 9781760657352

Description

A gorgeously illustrated historical picture book about the women and children of the Changi POW camp.

I have a secret – we have a secret –in this place where secrets are not allowed.

The children in the Changi camp are working on a surprise for Mrs Ennis' birthday. They scavenge for scraps of fabric in every colour, and hide in cornered shadows to stitch flowers. But they must keep their surprise a secret, not just from Mrs Ennis, but from their black-booted captors …