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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
Julie lives in Paris, but she longs to walk in a beautiful country garden. When her mother takes her on a visit to rural Giverny, Julie discovers a beautiful garden and befriends the man she believes is the gardener. In fact, he is the garden 's owner, the immortal artist Claude Monet. This is a title in Barron 's " Anholt 's Artists Books for Children " series, ...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
August 17th 2007
by Barron's Educational Series
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The Magical Garden of Claude Monet (Anholt's Artists Books for Children) by Laurence Anholt is a wonderful story of a young girl's visit to Monet's Gardens.
The story is based on Julie Manet, daughter of the painter Berthe Morisot, who owned a greyhound named Laertes (or Louie). In this story, Julie looks for Louie and enlists the help of Monet, whom she mistakes for the gardener. Together they explore the magical gardens, coming across Louie by four of Monet's famous paintings. An a...more
The story is based on Julie Manet, daughter of the painter Berthe Morisot, who owned a greyhound named Laertes (or Louie). In this story, Julie looks for Louie and enlists the help of Monet, whom she mistakes for the gardener. Together they explore the magical gardens, coming across Louie by four of Monet's famous paintings. An a...more
Laurence Anholt, author of "The Magical Garden of Claude Monet, is a british writer and illustrator. This story is about a young girl Julie that lives in Paris, but always seeks country life. Her mother takes her to Giverny, Claude Monet's house and gardens, where she befriends Claude Monet himself. This book gives students the opportunity to gain perspective on this famous place that resides 40 miles from Paris. I love that it gives children the opportunity to travel to a place far awa...more
I LOVE this story and so did my girls. It's full of beautiful illustrations and paintings. As soon as we read it, I took out my large book of paintings by Monet to show them. They absolutely loved comparing the pictures of the real paintings to the children's story. Afterward, without any prompting from me, both of them grabbed their watercolors and started to make their own masterpieces. Such an inspiring book for my budding artists!
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I enjoyed this book and my four-year-old son liked it enough to ask me to read it again as soon as we finished. Julie visits Claude Monet and he gives her a tour of his garden while they are looking for her lost dog. The pictures are fun, incorporating several of Monet's own paintings. I especially liked the note at the back that details the facts from Monet's life that were used in this book.
An excellent series with stunning illustrations which are very careful to pay honor to the artist in the title. I would like to own all of these for my own enjoyment as much as for the kids!
Nice weaving of fiction with information about Claude Monet and his painting style. I really enjoyed the illustruations, as well as the magical quality of the story.
Such a beautiful book with an illustrated story about Monet and his gardens. My children and I equally enjoyed this magical book.
Absolutely adored this book. Probably my favorite so far from the collection of art related books from this author. Both my 2yr old and 4yr old enjoyed the story and artwork. A fun read and one we will visit again and again, hopefully as an addition to our personal book collection.
This is a delightful book. By far the best of Anholt's series. Good story, great pictures.
This story was very cute. I wish it could have had more about how Monet used colors and his painting habits for my kids. But I loved how they actually incorporated his paintings into the illustrations. In fact, one of the pages folds out into one of his waterlily paints with a drawing of the little girl and Monet in a boat floating through it. A great way for kids to experience Monet's artwork... mine started to talk about what they thought was underneath the water....sharks.....fish....a scubba...more
Beautiful, my girls loved it!
Not my favorite artist or book by Anholt...but still...this series kicks ass.
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Laurence Anholt (born 4 August 1959) is a UK based author/illustrator of more than 100 children’s books, published in over 40 languages and notable for their upbeat and humorous approach to important issues for young children. Titles are often based on his own family experience and are typified by a quirky, hand drawn pen and watercolour style.
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