Name: The Flower Garden
Price: 641.00 TWD
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Author: Renée Kurilla
ISBN: 9781419750205

Type

Physical Book

Author

Renée Kurilla

Publisher

Harry N. Abrams

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.4 x 18.0 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9781419750205

Synopsis "The Flower Garden "

A magical graphic novel adventure perfect for fans of Peter & Ernesto or Tiger vs. Nightmare After planting a seed packet in the backyard, things don't go as expected for best friends Anna and Tess. They fall asleep in the sun and wake up to blooms as tall as buildings! Did the seeds really grow that fast? All is explained when Anna and Tess meet May, a little garden gnome whose magic is responsible for the transformation. The girls are May's size now, and they follow her through the flower garden and into May's underground gnome home--discovering new things about their world and themselves along the way. This immersive graphic novel from author-illustrator Renée Kurilla is perfect for emerging readers. It explores growing and changing friendships and offers details to discover on every page and with every read.

Renée Kurilla

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Renée Kurilla is an American illustrator and author specializing in children's literature, known for her colorful and expressive style. For nearly a decade, she was the lead artist at FableVision Studios in Boston. She has illustrated numerous books, including Orangutanka (2015) by Margarita Engle, Chicks Rule! (2019) by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, and the Ada Lace series (2017–2019) by Emily Calandrelli. She has also written and illustrated her own works like One Springy, Singy Day (2021), The Flower Garden (2022), and It's Fall! (2023). In 2023, she illustrated Just Because by Matthew McConaughey

Her graphic novel Der magische Garten (2024), translated into German, received the "Good Housekeeping Best Kids' Book Award" in the category for early readers. Kurilla excels in the genres of picture book, graphic novel, and books for early readers, combining vibrant illustrations with accessible narratives. She lives in Bellingham, Massachusetts, with her husband, also an illustrator, her daughter, and her pet.

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