Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten
Age 3+
Picture Storybooks
"A little kindness goes a long way" is the subtle moral depicted in this gentle tale by award-winning Australian author-illustrator Bob Graham.
brand-new edition of the classic story from Bob Graham.
All the children are afraid of mean Mr Wintergarten. His garden is grey and sunless and it is guarded, they say, by a dog like a wolf and a saltwater crocodile. By contrast, the garden of his sunny new neighbours, the Summers, is a playground of happiness and flowers. One day, Rose's ball goes over the fence into Mr Wintergarten's garden and, prompted by her mother, Rose visits her frosty next-door neighbour, bearing hot fairy cakes and flowers. What will Mr Wintergarten say?
Creators
Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning author-illustrator who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books including Ellie's Dragon, Jigsaw, How to Heal a Broken Wing, Max, Jethro Byrde: Fairy Child, The Underhills: A Tooth Fairy Story, and April Underhill: Tooth Fairy. His 2011 title, A Bus Called Heaven, is endorsed by Amnesty International UK and was the winner of the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award – a prize Bob has won an unprecedented seven times. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Reviews
A simple classic tale, expertly told.
Books For Your Children
Heart-warming.
The Oxford Times
“Bob Graham is in a class of his own; he is a national treasure.”
The Sunday morning Herald
