The Secret Garden

(Hardback)

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The classic English childrens novel of three young friends and one special garden, stunningly reimagined in a deluxe full-color edition, illustrated with beautiful artwork and unique interactive features created by the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLimasure to delight fans of the live action film versions coming in 2018 from Disney and Universal Studios.

After tragedy leaves Mary Lennox orphaned, the bratty ten-year-old British girl is sent from her home in India to Yorkshire, to live with Archibald Craven, a distant uncle whom she has never met.

At first, life in the isolated Misselthwaite Manor is as cold and desolate as the bleak moor outside her window. Then Mary learns the story of the late Mrs. Craven, the estates mistress, who spent hours in a walled garden tending to her roses. Mrs. Craven died after an accident in the garden, and her forlorn husband forbid anyone to enter it again, locking it and burying the key. The tale piques Marys curiosity and inspires her to find this secret garden, a search that introduces her to new friends, including a robin redbreast; Dickson, a twelve-year-old boy with a kindness to animals; and Colin, her secluded sickly first-cousin. Spending time in the garden transforms Mary and Colin and ultimately, life at Misselthwaite Manor itself.

Originally published in 1911, Frances Hodgson Burnetts poignant story has captured readers hearts for more than a century. Part of Harper Designs series of deluxe reimagined childrens classics, this captivating unabridged gift edition takes readers on a memorable journey that teaches them lessons about hardship, friendship, happiness, and restoration.

Illustrated throughout, The Secret Garden comes with ten interactive features, including:

• A layout of the Manor House and grounds
• A map of the Secret Garden
• A dial showing how plants grow throughout the season
• A cut-out paper doll of Mary and her clothes
• A removable letter to Dickon from his older sister, the maid who tells Mary the story of the garden

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A gorgeous, gold-foiled, debossed hardcover and filled with MinaLimas distinctive artwork plus interactive elements. MuggleNet Thus has the design team MinaLima transformed one of Frances Hodson Burnetts great classics from a traditional story illustrated in a traditional styleto a dazzling tour de force in which no opportunity for adornment goes untaken. Wall Street Journal

Author Bio

Frances Hodgson Burnett was a born storyteller. Even as a young child, her greatest pleasure was in making up stories and acting them out, using her dolls as characters. She wrote over forty books, including the classic A Little Princess , also illustrated by Tasha Tudor.