About this title: This gorgeously illustrated picture book opens to a detailed spread of a gray city. If you look closely, you can spot the tiny figure of a red-headed boy, Liam, walking down the street. THE CURIOUS GARDEN tells the story of how this young boy discovers a door that leads up to abandoned railroad tracks where he finds a forgotten garden. He cares for the plants and helps them flourish, and they gradually spread throughout the city, transforming it, bit by bit, into a lush, green world. With spare text and breathtaking illustrations, and a classic feel reminiscent of THE LITTLE HOUSE and MIKE ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: LITTLE BROWN & CO INC
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316015479ISBN:0316015474
Description: New. Brown presents an enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms. Red-headed Liam can also be spotted on every page, adding a seek-and-find element to this picture book. Full color. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
ISBN-13:9780316015479ISBN:0316015474
Description: New. 0316015474 *NEW BOOK! * RETURNS ARE NO PROBLEM! We LOVE happy customers. All our orders sent with tracking information. ALIBRIS. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Date Published: 2009-04-01
ISBN-13:9780316015479ISBN:0316015474
Description: NEW. Reinforced. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780316015479. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316015479ISBN:0316015474
Description: Oversized hardcover. As new. Liam lives in the city and it's all dank and dark. But one day he finds a green patch and sets out to help it thrive and make it grow. And soon the other residents are helping, too! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780316015479ISBN:0316015474
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"A whimsical story of a boy who nurtures a garden on an abandoned train track. His garden thrives and spreads and he soon has other people helping to make his garden grow. A sweet story of a boy's love of nature, patience, and perseverance."
"This is a beautiful selection! The artwork is unique and progresses from steel and brick in dreary colors to a wide ranging palette of color once the gardens grow...This should definitely be recognized by the Caldecott selection committee. It a wonderfully illustrated, beautiful story."
"I am in love with this book!!! It touched my mind, my heart and my imagination. Liam is an adorable, thoughtful, creative boy who gently cares for and appreciates the bedraggles remnants of a garden--the only plant life in the city. Yet, the garden is also a personality in this story. I don't want to give anything away, just encourage everyone to read this book! The illustration at the end almost brought tears to my eyes it is so beautiful! I am sure I am talking this up too much, but, hey, what else do you do when you are in love with a book??? ;->
By the way, I must give kudos to Brown not only for his beautiful story and illustrations but for the way he managed to make a book about nature without turning it into an "environmental message" sort of book. The gentleness of nature permeates the story--the hopefulness that we can finds something in nature to appreciate and nurture even in the most concrete of cities; instead of turning to the gloomy, he celebrates the spirit of humans and of nature."
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