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The Garden of Broken Things
a brand new 2024 picture from Australia's award-winning children's author and illustrator full of kindness and compassion
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From award-winning creator Freya Blackwood comes a beautifully tender story about curiosity and the joy of listening. One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the lonely house at Number 9, Ardent Street. Deep in the undergrowth, past all the twisted, rusted...
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Description
From award-winning creator Freya Blackwood comes a beautifully tender story about curiosity and the joy of listening.
One day, curious Sadie follows a cat into the tangled vines behind the lonely house at Number 9, Ardent Street.
Deep in the undergrowth, past all the twisted, rusted things, Sadie finds the cat sitting on the lap of a woman, bent with time and weariness.
Sadie has found The Garden of Broken Things.
Awards
CBCA Notable Book 2025
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781460757550
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 May 2024
Country: Australia
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 233.0mm
Height: 283.0mm
Weight: 390g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Freya Blackwood is a multi-award-winning illustrator and writer. Her picture books are beloved for her warm and perceptive drawings. Since publishing her first picture book in 2003, Freya has worked with writers such as Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Jan Ormerod, Nick Bland and Danny Parker. In 2010, Freya won the UK's most prestigious prize for illustrators, the Kate Greenaway Medal, for her book Harry and Hopper. And in 2015 she did what no other creator has ever done, taking out three CBCA Book of the Year awards in a single year. The Unwilling Twin was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year in the 2021 CBCA Awards. Freya lives in Orange, New South Wales, with her daughter, Ivy.
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