A Big Garden
By (Author) Gilles Clement
Illustrated by Vincent Grave
Prestel
Prestel
5th March 2018
Germany
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Practical interests
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world
508
Hardback
32
Width 300mm, Height 420mm
Take a journey through the garden in this captivating children's book and discover the endless delights, surprises, secrets, and gifts it yields all year long. This wonderfully insightful and brilliantly illustrated book on gardens and gardeners will provide hours of absorbing fun while introducing young readers to the joys of planning, planting, and harvesting. In vibrant watercolours Vincent Grave shows us how there's something happening every month in the Big Garden. Renowned landscape designer Gilles Clement's lyrical text gently teaches young readers not only what's involved in planning a garden, but how plants, insects, and humans interact all year long to make the garden thrive. Along the way, we witness a forest of mushrooms, the miracle of eggs, and the incredible universe found in a single flower. In every picture, tiny gardeners busy themselves among the leaves, seeds and earth. Fascinating, heartfelt, and elegantly produced, this book celebrates the deep connection between humans and nature. AGES: 6 to 9 AUTHOR: Gilles Clement is Professor Emeritus at the Versailles National School of Landscape Architecture and holder of the Chair of Artistic Creation at the College de France in Paris. Internationally renowned, he is the creator of numerous public gardens such as the Andre Citroen Park and the garden of the Quai Branly Museum in Paris and the Henri Matisse Park in Lille. SELLING POINTS: . Informative and beautiful: 12 colourful illustrations filled with vivid details guiding children month by month to grow their own gardens. . Already an award winner: French edition took home the 2017 Bologna Ragazzi Award in the "Books and Seeds" category. . Large format: This book is oversized which allows children to see the beautiful detail in the illustrations. 12 colour illustrations
"Grave's incredibly inviting and witty watercolors capture activity in a well-tended backyard and amplify the poetic text by landscape designer Gilles Clement...Regardless of your plant knowledge, the book's content is enough to encourage everyone to kneel down in the dirt and hunt for microscopic beings, and to see the world from an ant's -- or artist's -- point of view." -The Oregonian
"Dont let its title fool you; this oversize picture bookoriginally published in Franceis about much more than a garden...This unconventional tour of the world around us issure to sow environmental awareness and curiosity galore in readers of all ages." -Booklist
"I especially thinkA Big Gardenis a sweet book to share and read with a child. It's written and illustrated from a totally fancifulperspective. Overall, it's a very artsy book that any gardener would love." -Ciao! Newport Beach
GILLES CLMENT is Professor Emeritus at the Versailles National School of Landscape Architecture and holder of the Chair of Artistic Creation at the College de France in Paris. Internationally renowned, he is the creator of numerous public gardens such as the Andr Citron Park and the garden of the Quai Branly Museum in Paris and the Henri Matisse Park in Lille. VINCENT GRAV has illustrated numerous picture books and graphic novels.