Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The Secret Garden

Have you ever read The Secret Garden?  Perhaps you even went and saw the movie as a child.

Either way, for some reason, this particular book captivates young children's minds, and my girls in particularly loved it.  They loved it so much that as soon as I was done reading, at the very suggestion that they could watch it as a movie, they became overcome with excitement.  It also made for a very nice relaxing quiet afternoon as I folded up the washing.



  • Author/s:  Novelisation and adaption by Jan Carr.  Original story by: Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • Ilustrator:  Color photographs from the movie included.
  • Format: Paperback
  • Number of Pages: 90
  • Vendor: Fantail Books
  • Publication Date: 1993
  • Ages: 7-12

  • When Mary arrives all alone from India to live in her Uncle's forbidding house on the moors, she finds herself surrounded by mysteries.  Then she discovers the key to a secret garden that has been untouched for years.  As the garden weaves its magic spell, a new exciting world opens up for Mary and all those who enter it.

    I did have to puddle jump a couple of tiny lines, but overall a nice, quick, and easy read.  

    Hopefully all these quick and easy reads will lay the foundation for a greater love of classical literature that they will want to read the originals from when they get older.  


    3 comments:

    1. We loved the original version of this. Have you read Little Lord Fauntleroy ?

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    2. Which movie version did you watch? There are several. My girls also loved the original.

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    3. Chareen: I have read some of Little Lord Fauntleroy - but many years ago. That would be a great one to read to the girls. :o)

      Jehane: I have no idea what movie version it was, except that it was an "old" one.

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