Tales from the Zali Bukola System

"Tales from the Zali Bukola System" is a series of illustrated rhyming children's books.

The second book in the series is called "Zen's Garden" and is about Zen, who is one of many gardeners who live on the planet Gro, and is not at all liked by the head gardener Stern. Zen discovers that his flowers bloom and grow beautifully when he sings to them, but Stern has no love for Zen's singing and decides to make life very tough for both Zen and his flowers.