Publisher's Synopsis
Tistou is born into the wealthiest family of the town Sandstone. His father owns an armaments factory and makes his money from wars. Tistou lives in a mansion. He is home-schooled until he is eight-years-old, and when he is finally sent to the public school, he cannot stand the regimentation. So, his parents decide to have the business manager Mr. Turnbull and the gardener called Mr. Whiskers teach Tistou about the reality of life. However, it is Tistou who teaches them how to treat workers, prisoners, animals, and the environment because he has magical green thumbs. Indeed, he can transform everything and anything into flowers and plants, and he uses his powers to prevent his father from contributing to a war. His best friends are Mr. Whiskers and Gymnast the pony who support his environmental experiments. However, when Mr. Whiskers dies unexpectedly, Tistou becomes terribly sad. Alone, Tistou must go his own way, and he disappears from Sandstone.
