Puffin Designer Classics: The Secret Garden designed by Lauren Child. Limited Edition 892/1000

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

ISBN 10: 014132760X / ISBN 13: 9780141327600

Published by Puffin Books, 2010

About this Item

This is one of 1000 limited-edition copies of The Secret Garden with a special design created by Lauren Child and one of a small number of limited edition children's classics issued to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Puffin Books. It is still in the original perspex case, unread and as such, is in excellent condition. No jacket as issued by the publisher. This is number 892/1000. The front of The Secret Garden is made of paper trees and flowers in layers that can be peeled back one by one until Mary and the garden are revealed. Please note all my books are securely wrapped and shipped with care in protective packaging within 2 working days. Please note this book will attract higher shipping charges due to size and weight.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Puffin Designer Classics: The Secret Garden designed by Lauren Child. Limited Edition 892/1000
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014132760X
• ISBN 13: 9780141327600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Child, Lauren
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

After losing her parents, young Mary Lennox is sent from India to live in her uncle's gloomy mansion on the wild English moors. She is lonely and has no one to play with, but one day she learns of a secret garden somewhere in the grounds that no one is allowed to enter. Then Mary uncovers an old key in a flowerbed - and a gust of magic leads her to the hidden door. Slowly she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.

Review

Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12)