A year in our new garden – Gerda Muller

A year in our new garden by Gerda Muller is a beautifully illustrated story book to help children engage with nature and learn more about gardening.

Superbly detailed botanical illustrations, gardening facts and tips and recipes accompany this simple story. It is ideal for inspiring children to get outdoors, be active and learn how nature changes around them throughout the seasons.

Follow the charming story of Anna and Benjamin who’s family has just moved into their new house. Even though it’s in the middle of a busy town, it has a beautiful big garden for them all to enjoy. Soon the family has made plans for their perfect garden: Mum wants a lawn and a terrace, Dad wants to help the birds and insects, Benjamin wants to plant beautiful flowers and Anna wants to fill the garden with tasty vegetables.

Anna and Benjamin spend, with a little help from their neighbour, a year learning about all the wonderful things you can do in a garden, such as planting, harvesting, playing, enjoying picnics and spotting wildlife.

This new premium edition of a USSBY Outstanding International Book combines story and non-fiction. It is published by Floris Books and makes a wonderful addition to Waldorf learning at home and in schools.

Contents:

1 hardback book in English, 36 pages.

About Gerda Muller

Gerda Muller is an acclaimed Dutch children’s author and illustrator and is an USSBY Outstanding International Books nominated author. Born in 1926 in Naarden, The Netherlands, she attended the Fine Arts School of Amsterdam and Ecole Estienne of Paris and has illustrated over 120 books for children which have been translated into many languages.

She is the illustrator of various Floris Books publications such as Goldilocks and the three bears, the town musicians of Bremen, a year around the great oak, a year in our new garden, where do they go when it rains?, how does my fruit grow? and how does my garden grow?