Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
While spending time with his grandpa in the garden, a young boy gathers treasures left by imaginary ghosts that evoke stories from his grandfather's past.
Review Quotes:
A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2024!
A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2024!
One of Maria Popova's Marginalian Favorites of 2024!
A Moonbow Favorite Picture Book of 2024!
A Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book for Kids, Spring 2025!
SIX starred reviews!
A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2024! "Maurey's lush oil paintings portray the shapes, textures, and colors that unfold in layers of vegetation, thick underbrush, and tree trunks and branches found in a grandfather's garden. The artist's ability to capture dancing contrasts of light and shadow, depending on the time of day and the weather's shifting temperatures, results in a transportive visual feast, and triggers both the grandfather's memory and his visiting grandson's imagination. Maurey's garden invites the reader to slow down and look, then look again."--
Caldecott medalist Doug Salati,
2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Jury
