The Enchanted Garden
Luca Tortolini & Maja Celija
- Original Title
- Il giardino incantato
- Published
- Orecchio acerbo, 2023
- Genre
- Picture books
- Pages
- 235 x 310, 44 pp
- Rights Sold
- Korean
- Tags
- Il giardino incantato, Luca Tortolini, Maja Celija, Orecchio acerbo
The Enchanted Garden
Luca Tortolini & Maja Celija
A voice-over tells the reader about all the little changes that are observed in a garden through the different seasons. In spring, everything comes back to life: the children return to the park to play, the animals show themselves, flowers begin to bloom. During the summer, one can hear a nice bustle, the colors are more intense, rain showers alternate with breezes that clear the sky. In the fall, with the wind increasingly tense, the garden empties and the leaves pile up.
Then comes the silence that announces winter: everything stops. And it is in this solitude that the stone narrator, a statue, goes for a walk with a mysterious friend that the little animals of the park have built, to make it feel less alone. Until the day a new bud appears. And everything starts all over again.