Book Description内容简介
Published to coincide with the 2011 centennial of "The Secret Garden""s publication, this Penguin Threads edition of the classic children"s tale includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe french flaps.
Commissioned by award-winning Penguin art director Paul Buckley, the Penguin Threads series debuts with cover art by Jillian Tamaki for three gift-worthy Penguin Classics. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that will appeal to the Etsy(tm)-loving world of handmade crafts.
The Penguin Classics Deluxe series has been celebrated for its unique packaging and innovative design. The books of the Penguin Threads series will make truly special gifts and will be welcome additions to any craft or literature lover"s collection.
About the Author作者简介
Frances Hodgson Burnett(1849-1924) was the author of a number of popular novels includingA Little Princessand Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Jillian Tamakiis an illustrator and comic artist and teaches at the School of Visual Arts. She is the author ofGilded Lilies andIndoor Voiceand the graphic novelSkim, aNew York TimesBest Book of the Year. Her drawings have appeared in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, The New Yorker, andEsquire.
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*.com 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)--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.
From Publishers Weekly
Soothing and mellifluous, native Briton Bailey"s voice proves an excellent instrument for polishing up a new edition of Burnett"s story. Bratty and spoiled Mary Lennox is orphaned when her parents fall victim to a cholera outbreak in India. As a result, Mary becomes the ward of an uncle in England she has never met. As she hesitantly tries to carve a new life for herself at imposing and secluded Misselthwaite Manor, Mary befriends a high-spirited boy named Dickon and investigates a secret garden on the Manor grounds. She also discovers a sickly young cousin, Colin, who has been shut away in a hidden Manor room. Together Mary and Dickon help Colin blossom, and in the process Mary finds her identity and melts the heart of her emotionally distant uncle. Bailey makes fluid transitions between the voices and accents of various characters, from terse Mrs. Medlock and surly groundskeeper Ben to chipper housemaid Martha. And most enjoyably, she gives Mary a believably childlike voice. A brief biography of the author is included in an introduction. Ages 6-12.
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