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3rd January 2008ISBN
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Tom's Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce
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Julia Eccleshare's comment:
A classic time slip story in which Tom, staying in big house now divided into flats, manages to get into the garden at night and make friends with a little girl. But who is the girl? Can she really be the old woman in Tom’s waking life? Carnegie winner in 1958. Lovereading comment:This is one of the most touching and magical children’s books I’ve ever read and it’s one that’s stayed as fresh in my mind as if I’d just read it yesterday. Tom’s imaginary garden is beautifully portrayed and the characters and situations within are richly satisfying and the poignancy of the moments are cherished. Children will love the story and it is as relevant now as it was some 20 years ago when it was first published. (9-11 key age range)
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Synopsis
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa PearceWhen Tom hears the grandfather clock strike thirteen he is not prepared for what is going to happen. Outside the back door is a garden, which everyone tells him doesn't exist. But the magical place in which Tom finds himself is certainly a garden - his midnight garden. This book won The Carnegie Medal when it was first published in 1958.
Reviews
'This is a rare, moving story, beautifully written, and true in every way that matters.'The Guardian
'A timeless favourite'
Good Housekeeping
'...haunting and lyrical children's story.'
The Daily Telegraph
'...a story that came to be loved by children, parents and teachers everywhere.'
The Times
'Masterpiece of English children's literature.'
The Independent
About The Author
Philippa Pearce spent her childhood in Great Shelford, a village near Cambridge, and was the youngest of four children of a flour-miller and corn-merchant. The village, the river, and the countryside in which she lived appear more or less plainly in Minnow on the Say, and Tom's Midnight Garden.
Philippa later went on to study English and History at Cambridge University. She worked for the BBC as a scriptwriter and producer, and then in publishing as an editor. She has written many books including the Modern Classic, Tom's Midnight Garden, for which she won the Carnegie Medal. She has been awarded the OBE for services to Children's Literature.
Sadly, Philippa died in 2006, at the age of 86.
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