- Hardcover: 25 pages
- Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books; illustrated edition edition (5 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 071121350X
- ISBN-13: 978-0711213500
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 22.1 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,419,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Lucia's father, Lorenzo, builds her an exquisite glass garden filled with glass birds and butterflies, where time stands still. One night, a glass gondola leads Lucia to a mysterious masked stranger whose gift of a rose pierces the heart of her fragile life.
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Joyce Dunbar was born and brought up in Lincolnshire. She taught English for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer. Her books for children include This is the Star, which in 1996 became a world-wide best-seller, and Mundo and the Weatherchild, which was runner-up for the 1985 Guardian Children's Fiction Award. The popular Mouse and Mole series has been animated for television with the voices of Alan Bennett and Richard Briers. She lives in Norwich.
Fiona French studied Art Education at Croydon College of Art and went on to work as Bridget Riley's assistant. In 1986 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Snow White in New York. In 1992 her first book for Frances Lincoln, Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and chosen as a Children's Book of the Year. Pepi and the Secret Names (written by Jill Paton Walsh), was one of Child Education's Best Story Books of 1994 and shortlisted for the 1995 Children's Book Award. She is renowned for her distinctively sharp and colourful illustrations. Her other books for Frances Lincoln are Paradise, Bethlehem and Canticle of the Sun; The Smallest Samurai, Glass Garden, Jamil's Clever Cat, Lord of the Animals and Pepi and the Secret Names. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Fiona French studied Art Education at Croydon College of Art and went on to work as Bridget Riley's assistant. In 1986 she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Snow White in New York. In 1992 her first book for Frances Lincoln, Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and chosen as a Children's Book of the Year. Pepi and the Secret Names (written by Jill Paton Walsh), was one of Child Education's Best Story Books of 1994 and shortlisted for the 1995 Children's Book Award. She is renowned for her distinctively sharp and colourful illustrations. Her other books for Frances Lincoln are Paradise, Bethlehem and Canticle of the Sun; The Smallest Samurai, Glass Garden, Jamil's Clever Cat, Lord of the Animals and Pepi and the Secret Names. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In a city of canals and bridges, where time seemed to stand still, there lived a glassmaker, his wife and their little daughter, Lucia. Read the first page
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My sweet half bought this book for our (then) 3 year old daughter. We have read several times and one year on she still loves to look at the shadow images and listen to the story.
It's not your regular children's book: the illustrations are not super colourful, instead there is a lot of black shadows (sillhouette). Also, the mother of the child in the story dies and a protective father goes to great lengths to keep his child safe. It is a positive way of introducing concepts such as loss, dealing with loss, growing up and unlimited love.
We have given it to a little friend whose maternal family lives in Venice - we are about to buy another one :)
It's not your regular children's book: the illustrations are not super colourful, instead there is a lot of black shadows (sillhouette). Also, the mother of the child in the story dies and a protective father goes to great lengths to keep his child safe. It is a positive way of introducing concepts such as loss, dealing with loss, growing up and unlimited love.
We have given it to a little friend whose maternal family lives in Venice - we are about to buy another one :)
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