The Secret Garden: Illustrated by Peter Bailey (Alma Junior Classics) - Softcover

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847495737 ISBN 13: 9781847495730

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2016

Synopsis

A timeless story for children, here presented with illustrations by Peter Bailey. A section of extra material including quizzes will delight all young readers.

After her parents die of cholera in India, Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in his gloomy house in Yorkshire, where she leads a lonely and neglected life, with nothing to do apart from exploring her surroundings. One day she discovers a walled garden which has been locked up, and becomes determined to enter it and find out its secret and the source of the mysterious crying sound that can be heard nearby.

A powerful tale of regeneration and personal transformation, The Secret Garden has become one of the most popular children's classics, and has continued to delight generations of young readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was born in England and moved to the United States as a teenager. She is best remembered for her children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess and The Secret Garden.

Review:

"It is only the exceptional author who can write a book about children with sufficient skill, charm, simplicity, and significance to make it acceptable to both young and old. Mrs Burnett is one of the few thus gifted." - The New York Times

"The Secret Garden should be on every child's bookshelf." - The Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1847495737
• ISBN 13: 9781847495730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• Illustrator: Bailey Peter