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| Book information | |
| Title, subtitle | Isabella's Garden |
| Author | Glenda Millard |
| Illustrator | Rebecca Cool |
| Number of pages | 32 pp |
| First Published | 2009 Newtown, NSW by Walker Books Australia |
| Book Type1 | Picture book |
| Book Type2 | Poetry |
| Genre | Cumulative.Reinterpretation |
| Reading age | 3 to 9 |
| Annotation: | |
| A re-working of the well-known nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built which is used as a structure for a tale about the enduring cycle of the seasons as reflected in the garden; a garden that Isabella digs and plants. A highlight is the vivid, highly stylized and joyous illustrations by Rebecca Cool combining collage (fabric) with acrylic paint. From endpaper to endpaper every page opening is a carnival of colour and shape, the forms reminiscent of Picasso with a touch of Miro. Would work well as a choral reading with each child assigned a line in the cumulating text. The perfect book for spring! Search under Books for other variations of ‘Jack’ including one by New Zealand author Gavin Bishop. |
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| Themes in this book: | |
| Change. Colour. Figurative language. Gardening and gardens. Life cycle. Plants. Seasons. Seeds. | |
| Recent Edition Information | Publisher: | Walker Books | Binding: | Hard back | 13 Digit ISBN: | 978 1 921150 33 3 |
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