The Garden of Abdul Gasazi is a best-selling children's picture book written in 1979 by the American author Chris Van Allsburg.

Before leaving for her visit, Miss Hester asks Alan Mitz to dog sit Fritz and give him his afternoon walk.

While walking across the front lawn, Gasazi reveals that when he sees dogs digging up his flowers and chewing on his trees in the garden, he turns them into ducks.

But when Miss Hester calls out to Fritz, the dog comes up the front steps while chewing on Alan's hat and drops it at her feet.

Fritz was based on a bull terrier Chris Van Allsburg's brother-in-law owned named Winston.

Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi in May 2019.