The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett
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'Beauties blossom aplenty in this welcome volume. The Secret Gardens of Frances Hodgson Burnett can't fail to captivate the minds and hearts of young readers and even, perhaps, plant some seeds there.' Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked
Secret gardens, hidden gates, flowering passageways. A picture book biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett's winding and captivating life.
Frances Hodgson Burnett best known for writing The Secret Garden, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and The Little Princess had a difficult childhood, losing her father when she was very young and moving with her family from England to Tennessee in hopes of a better life. She'd been making up stories her entire life but didn't try to write professionally until she was a teenager to help feed her family. Her first submissions to a magazine were published and she eventually became well known all over the world. This is Hodgson Burnett's life story, told in lyrical prose evoking some of the same magic of her own stories.
She'd been making up stories her entire life but didn't try to write professionally until she was a teenager to help feed her family. Her first submissions to a magazine were published and she eventually became well known all over the world.
This is Hodgson Burnett's life story, told in lyrical prose evoking some of the same magic of her own stories.
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