The Enchanted Garden

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
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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.

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