Books with title The Wonderful Garden

Do you believe in magic? Caroline, Charles and Charlotte do, and nothing that happens during their summer holiday at their great uncle's house does anything to diminish that belief. There the Three C.'s find a wonderful garden and some very old books, resulting in escapades which do not necessarily please the grown-ups. E. Nesbit, as usual, transports us back to the hazy summer days of a well-to-do Edwardian childhood, liberally spiced with magic, humour and lessons learned. As Gore Vidal once wrote: ""...though a reading of E. Nesbit is hardly going to change the pattern of a nation, there is some evidence that the child who reads her will never be quite the same again, and that is probably a good thing."" Published more than 100 years ago, this is one of Nesbit's least-known children's books, out of print for many years but now it is finally back. Illustrated.

The Wonderful Garden CHAPTER I THE BEGINNING It was Caroline’s birthday, and she had had some very pleasant presents. There was a blotting-book of blue leather (at least, it looked like leather), with pink and purple roses painted on it, from her younger sister Charlotte; and a paint-box—from her brother Charles—as good as new. ‘I’ve hardly used it at all,’ he said, ‘and it’s much nicer than anything I could have bought you with my own money, and I’ve wiped all the paints clean.’ ‘It’s lovely,’ said Caroline; ‘and the beautiful brushes, too!’ ‘Real fitch,’ said Charles proudly. ‘They’ve got points like needles.’ ‘Just like,’ said Caroline, putting them one after the other into her mouth, and then holding them up to the light. Besides the paint-box and the blotting-book, a tin-lined case had come from India, with a set of carved chess-men from father, and from mother some red and blue scarves, and, most glorious of imaginable gifts, a leopard-skin. ‘They will brighten the play-room a little,’ said mother in her letter. And they did.

Dahlov Ipcar's classic picture book explores the glorious world of dinosaurs from Brontosaurus to Tyrannosaurus. Fifteen weird and wonderful prehistoric creatures soar, swim, and crawl through Ipcar's striking illustrations in bold and beautiful color which will entice and enthral young readers. Dahlov Ipcar takes us back to a prehistoric world, teeming with creatures that soar, swim and thunder through the green jungle world.First published in 1958, The Wonderful Egg has been beautifully re-mastered from the original edition and printed in splendid spot colors.

Excerpt from Chapter I: “It was Caroline’s birthday, and she had had some very pleasant presents. There was a blotting-book of blue leather (at least, it looked like leather), with pink and purple roses painted on it, from her younger sister Charlotte; and a paint-box—from her brother Charles—as good as new. ‘I’ve hardly used it at all,’ he said, ‘and it’s much nicer than anything I could have bought you with my own money, and I’ve wiped all the paints clean.’ ‘It’s lovely,’ said Caroline; ‘and the beautiful brushes, too!’ ‘Real fitch,’ said Charles proudly. ‘They’ve got points like needles.’ ‘Just like,’ said Caroline, putting them one after the other into her mouth, and then holding them up to the light. Besides the paint-box and the blotting-book, a tin-lined case had come from India, with a set of carved chess-men from father, and from mother some red and blue scarves, and, most glorious of imaginable gifts, a leopard-skin.”

While their parents are away in India, Caroline, Charlotte and Charles are left with their great uncle Charles. Looking for entertainment, they come across an old book entitled “The Language of Flowers”, which seems to contain a variety of magical spells. The trio waste no time in trying to perform these invocations, which may or may not have been the cause of the decidedly queer things that happen next. Edith Nesbit's 1911 “The Wonderful Garden” is a fantastic example of children's literature that would make for perfect bedtime reading and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of her seminal literature. Contents include: “The Beginning”, “The Manor House”, “The Wonderful Garden”, “In Thessalonians”, “The Midnight Adventure”, “Hunted”, “Being Detectives”, “The Heroine”, “The Morning After”, “Brewing the Spell”, “The Rosicrucians”, “The Other Books”, “The Rosy Cure”, “The Mineral Woman”, “Justice”, “The Appeal to Caesar”, “The Le-O-Pard”, “The Leopard's-Bane”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.