Grannie's Secret Garden

(Somewhere in England)

by Carol J Ratcliff


Formats

Softcover
£12.57
Softcover
£12.57

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 08/12/2009

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 8.5x11
Page Count : 48
ISBN : 9781449043551

About the Book

Does your Grannie have a secret garden where you can go on adventures? Ivor's Grannie does. Open up the pages of this book and find out what adventures he has been on. Each chapter tells a different story and includes a little bit of education along the way.   I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it.  


About the Author

The author, a Grandmother got the ideas for this book whilst keeping her Granchildren amused in her garden. She comes from a family of writers. Both her Mother and Grandfather wrote childrens books. Her Grandfather, Great Grandfather and Great Uncle illustrated and also wrote a variety of books. In this, her first book she brings to life adventures in her garden. It takes the reader through the seasons of the year and there is an adventure for every season. These adventures interspersed with some educational references will delight children from as young as 3yrs old to 12 year olds wether being read to or reading it for themselves, children will be taken on a mystical adventure. Each chapter is an  adventure in itself so is ideal for bedtime reading.

The Author is a school Governor and has spent a lot of time with children. She is also part of the Open The Book Bible reading stories group that go into schools to act and read Bible Stories, giving young children a fun way of learning these stories. In her early years she taught children to ride and is now a Grandmother to three children aged 3yrs, 8yrs and 13yrs. She also works hard on local committees in her village in the New Forest helping the villagers to aquire a community spirit and the village to keep it's rural identity. She helps sub groups move forward to implement new clubs for the villagers and in particular for the youth and elderley residents.