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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Princess Adela sets eyes on Lady Hortensia's garden, she knows something is amiss. Every single flower is in bloom, and in the middle of October! Not only that, there is a talking magpie flitting about the garden and stealing the guests' jewels. Is it possible that Hortensia is a witch and the magpie an enchanted prince? And what of the flowers themselves? Will Adela get to the root of the mystery and nip trouble in the bud before it's too late?...
2) Seedfolks
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.
Author
Language
English
Description
When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old orphan Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with an uncle she never knew in a largely uninhabited mansion on Cough Rock Island and discovers a wild river boy, an invalid cousin, and the mysteries of a hidden garden.
9) Lanie
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
108 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who loves nature and the outdoors, wants to go camping with her family but her favorite aunt teaches Lanie to find the wonders of nature anywhere, even in her own backyard.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young chef is the only one who can protect her town from an onslaught of scientifically enhanced, highly addictive potatoes. Yasmina isn't like the other kids in her city. She might be an oddball, but no one can deny that Yasmina has a flair for food. All she needs to whip up a gourmet meal is a recipe from her cookbook and fresh vegetable form the community garden. But everything changes when the garden is bulldozed and replaced with a strange...
11) The night garden
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It is World War II, and Franny and her parents, Sina and Old Tom, enjoy a quiet life on a farm on Vancouver Island. Franny writes, Sina sculpts, and Old Tom tends to their many gardens--including the ancient, mysterious night garden. Their peaceful life is interrupted when their neighbor begs Sina to watch her children. Soon after the children move in, amid the chaos of the household, Sina sees UFOs, a hermit makes himself useful, a mystery involving...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
94 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A beautiful adaptation of the classic novel. Renowned graphic novelist Edith has created an enchanting version of the classic Tom's Midnight Garden. This is a new and special way to read and share one of the best-loved and most enduring children's stories of all time. A story with a special place in the hearts of parents and children everywhere, this graphic-novel adaptation is faithful and accessible.
13) Outside in
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the jungle outside the growing city of Chandigarh, twelve-year-old street child Ram discovers a hidden rock garden, befriends its creator--a factory worker named Nek--and tries to save Nek's garden when it is threatened with destruction.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie's wildflower garden is thriving and attracting butterflies to her Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard, but a neighbor not only objects to her growing "weeds, " she also uses harmful chemicals on her own plants.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
177 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Locked doors. Unseen magic. The most contrary of friends. Ten-year-old Mary Lennox arrives at her uncle's secluded estate on the Yorkshire moors with a scowl and a chip on her shoulder. But as she begins to explore her new home alongside ragtag companions--a cocky robin redbreast, a sour-faced gardener, and a boy who can talk to animals--Mary uncovers long-buried family secrets and learns that even the loneliest of hearts can grow roots in rocky...
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