The Magical Garden of Claude Monet (Anholt's Artists) - Hardcover

Anholt, Laurence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764155741 ISBN 13: 9780764155741

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 2003

Synopsis

Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. Julie is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family. They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl it is like walking in a dreamy world where twisting plants grow as tall as trees. When Julie�s dog runs away, she asks the gardener to help find her pet, and soon she and the gardener are friends. But this amiable, bearded old man is a very unusual gardener, for not only does he cultivate his many plants, he also paints beautiful pictures of them. Julie has made a friend of the great impressionist painter, Claude Monet. Based on a true story about the daughter of another fine artist, Berthe Morisot, this charmingly illustrated picture book includes reproductions by author-illustrator Laurance Anholt of a famous waterlilies painting, which Monet completed in his garden at Giverny, a few miles from Paris.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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When Julie crawls into a mysterious garden, she meets an old man tending the flowers. The gentle gardener turns out to be the great artist, Claude Monet, and together they explore his magical world. Monet and Julie wander across the Japanese bridge, around the house and studios, and they float through water gardens where lilies sparkle as bright as stars.
Complete with reproductions of Monet's work, this is another inspirational story from Laurence Anholt's best-selling series, celebrating some of the world's greatest artists and the real children who knew them.
"Four more charming stories about artists and children by Laurence Anholt . . .
Camille and the Sunflowers
Degas and the Little Dancer
Leonardo and the Flying Boy
Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail
all available from Barron's
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Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. She is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family. They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl it is like walking in a dreamy world where twisting plants grow as tall as trees. When Julie's dog runs away, she asks the friendly gardener to help find her pet, and soon she and the gardener are friends.
But this amiable, bearded old man is a very unusual gardener, for not only does he cultivate his many plants, he also paints beautiful pictures of them. Julie has made a friend of the great impressionist painter, Claude Monet. Based on a true story about the daughter of another fine artist, Berthe Morisot, this charmingly illustratedpicture book includes reproductions by author-illustrator Laurance Anholt of a famous waterlilies painting, which Monet completed in his garden at Giverny, located 40 miles from Paris. Boys and girls lucky enough to travel to France can visit that garden today.
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Laurence Anholt is a British writer and illustrator whose books for children include "Camille and the Sunflowers, Degas and the Little Dancer, Leonardo and the Flying Boy, and "Picasso and the Girl with a Ponytail, all published in North America by Barron's. Laurence Anholt was born in London and brought up mainly in Holland. He studied art at several schools, including the famous Royal Academy in London. Before establishing himself as a fine author and illustrator of children's books, he did many different things to earn a living, including working as a carpenter and selling tropical fish! He currently lives in Lyme Regis, Dorset, with his wife and children.

From the Inside Flap:

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Claude Monet

When Julie creeps through a hole in a tall gate and enters a mysterious garden, she meets an old man tending the flowers. The gentle gardener turns out to be the great artist, Claude Monet, and together they explore his magical world. Monet and Julie wander across the Japanese bridge, around the house and studios, and they float through water gardens where lilies sparkle as bright as stars.

Complete with reproductions of MonetÃ?'s work and a fold-out panorama of his water lily pond, this is another inspirational story from Laurence AnholtÃ?'s best-selling series, celebrating some of the worldÃ?'s greatest artists and the real children who knew them.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764155741
• ISBN 13: 9780764155741
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32