The Garden Behind The Moon

by Howard Pyle

Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

PB Pyl

Call number

PB Pyl

Local notes

PB Pyl

Barcode

1580

Publication

Starscape (2002), Edition: 1st, 128 pages

Description

Well-known for his stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood, this time Howard Pyle transports children to a different but unforgettable and faraway magical land -- where a young boy discovers a treasury of lost riches, where youngsters always play, and no one ever cries. 10 illustrations.

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1895

Physical description

128 p.; 5.16 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member desislc
A book that makes you think long after you finish it, this is extremely reminiscent of George MacDonald's fairy tales and was first published around the same era.

David, a boy other children ridicule as a moon-calf, takes the moonlight path over the ocean and into the moon itself. After months of
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living in the moon and playing in the moon's garden, David embarks on a quest to retrieve something that was taken from the brown earth long ago.
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LibraryThing member quondame
A very strange mix of 19th century children's fable and older fairy tales with the Moon Angel being death/transition. The chapter headings have the charm of Howard Pyles wood cut style drawings while the realistic illustrations are more pedestrian than fanciful.

Pages

128

Rating

(15 ratings; 3.3)
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