The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
ISBN: 9781921529955
Publication Date: 1 September 2010

A newly illustrated edition of this classic tale by one of Australia's greatest children's book illustrators.

"When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable looking child ever seen." So begins Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic, regarded as one of the best children's books of the 20th century. The story of a spoilt, neglected and sickly young girl, who comes to the home of Mr Craven, her widowed and grieving uncle, The Secret Garden was first serialised for adults in The American Magazine before its publication in book form in 1911. The Secret Garden is a walled, overgrown paradise, its roses abandoned since the death of Mr Craven's wife. Mary is led to its ivy-covered door by a robin, and with the help of a servant's son, Dickon, begins to tend it. Her petulance mellows, and the garden also helps to bring the transformation of wheelchair-bound and tantrum-throwing Colin, the son that Craven keeps hidden away - and of the uncle himself. In this edition, beautifully illustrated by award-winning Robert Ingpen, the full and unabridged text is accompanied by hand drawings that bring the garden, and the young people it touches, back into bloom.

• Brand new edition by renowned children's book illustrator Robert Ingpen who brings Frances Hodgson Burnett's unforgettable characters to life as never before.
• First published in 1911 - this edition is in time for the 100th anniversary
• A perfect gift for children and adults of all ages

About The Author Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was born and lived her early life in Manchester, England. When her father, a successful merchant, had a stroke and the American Civil War crippled the city's economy the impoverished family emigrated to a small rural tow...