The Garden - Softcover

Sheldon, Dyan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099501716 ISBN 13: 9780099501718

Publisher: Red Fox, 1995

Synopsis

When Jenny finds an arrowhead in her twentieth century garden she finds it holds the key to the past. In a beautiful dreamscape, Jenny discovers that the flint can bridge the gap in time between past and present America. With wonderment she meets the American Indians whose culture has been absorbed into the land her garden is built on.

About this title

Book Description:

Another hauntingly powerful story by Dyan Sheldon, accompanied by Gary Blythe's dramatic oil paintings which tells of a little girl's sudden awareness of her country's history. From the author/illustrator team that created the highly acclaimed and hugely successful 'THE WHALES SONG'.

About the Author:

Dyan Sheldon (Author)
Dyan Sheldon is the author of many books for young people, including Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and a number of stories for younger readers. She also writes books for adults. American by birth, she lives in north London.

Gary Blythe (Illustrator)
Gary Blythe is an award-winning illustrator. His first children’s picture book, The Whales’ Song, written by Dyan Sheldon, won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Gary lives in the Wirral, near Liverpool.

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Fox
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0099501716
• ISBN 13: 9780099501718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Gary Blythe