The Concrete Garden
The perfect picture book to inspire creativity, connection and community for toddlers and children from an award-winning and classic book maker, ages 3, 4, 5, 6
Seiten
2025
Walker Books Ltd (Verlag)
9781529532326 (ISBN)
Walker Books Ltd (Verlag)
9781529532326 (ISBN)
A timely, inspiring and uplifting story about hope and the power of creative expression, from one of the world's most treasured bookmakers.
“Graham finds big themes in small events: community, imagination, hope.” Sunday Times
“Restrained, poetic, humorous text and joyously burgeoning pictures speak to the perennial power of shared imagination.” Guardian
“Inclusive and familiar … about creativity and teamwork. It should inspire young readers to draw.” Booktrust
After a cold, dark winter, doors opened. Children spilled out like sweets from a box. Amanda was last one out of the tower block. She brought some chalk with her. On every inch of the concrete outside, the children drew pictures of everything they could think of, from flowers and snails, to spaceships and queens. Before long, a beautiful and exotic garden spread out across the concrete.
From master storyteller Bob Graham comes a charming story about finding optimism after a dark spell, and the nurturing power of community friendships in an urban setting. The Concrete Garden will resonate with anyone who has been apart from their loved ones, and will encourage us all to find the brightness and colour within ourselves.
“Graham finds big themes in small events: community, imagination, hope.” Sunday Times
“Restrained, poetic, humorous text and joyously burgeoning pictures speak to the perennial power of shared imagination.” Guardian
“Inclusive and familiar … about creativity and teamwork. It should inspire young readers to draw.” Booktrust
After a cold, dark winter, doors opened. Children spilled out like sweets from a box. Amanda was last one out of the tower block. She brought some chalk with her. On every inch of the concrete outside, the children drew pictures of everything they could think of, from flowers and snails, to spaceships and queens. Before long, a beautiful and exotic garden spread out across the concrete.
From master storyteller Bob Graham comes a charming story about finding optimism after a dark spell, and the nurturing power of community friendships in an urban setting. The Concrete Garden will resonate with anyone who has been apart from their loved ones, and will encourage us all to find the brightness and colour within ourselves.
Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning bookmaker who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books including Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post, Ellie's Dragon, The Poesy Ring, Home in the Rain, How to Heal a Broken Wing, How the Sun Got to Coco's House, Max, Maxine, Jethro Byrde: Fairy Child and The Underhills. His 2011 title, A Bus Called Heaven, is endorsed by Amnesty International UK and was the winner of the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award – a prize Bob has won an unprecedented seven times. He has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Literary Award in Australia twice, in 2014 for Silver Buttons and in 2017 for Home in the Rain. Bob lives in Melbourne, Australia.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2025 |
|---|---|
| Illustrationen | Bob Graham |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 226 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 220 g |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Bilderbücher |
| ISBN-13 | 9781529532326 / 9781529532326 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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