The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Juvenile Fiction, Classics, Family, (Hardcover)

from koalamom

Once you find the Magic - the Magic called Life - anything is possible. Young Mary started her life unwanted and neglected. When her parents died, she scarcely mourned their passing; she felt nothing for them. She is sent to live with an uncle she never knew and it seems she never will - at first...

from gerglodek

Despite some flaws, namely Dickon, little brother of servant Martha, being absolutely flawless, and his mother (Mrs. Sowerby) being a bit too preachy about how having the right attitude solves your troubles, I think this is a great read for adults as well as kids. Two very troubled, but spoiled a...

from kmulvihill

There are some books that every child must read, and this is one of them. And it is a great pleasure to continue to read this book again as an adult. The process of working in the soil and watching things grow, as children or adults, is the story celebrated in The Secret Garden. It reminds the re...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

This read was, of course, a re-read. I wore out the copy I had as a child, with its lovely illustrations by Tasha Tudor. What's interesting is what a different, but still marvelous, experience it is, reading it again almost 4 decades later. I didn't remember the beginning bit taking place in Indi...

from Embejo

Loved loved loved loved it! I got an old second hand copy of this through the Swap Club, which I am so happy with. It is a 1956 hard cover reprint of the book originally published in 1911. There is something about old books. Not just the smell and feel of older books and their old fashioned font,...