The Time Garden

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Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures in time.

Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures back and forth through time.

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Overview


Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures in time.

Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures back and forth through time.

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Children's Literature - Lois Rubin Gross
This re-release of a forty-year-old fantasy brings Eager's imaginative time travel tale to a new audience. The magical thyme garden transports two sets of sibling cousins to far away places and real and mythical eras. Escorted by the toadlike Natterjack, the children visit Salem; Elizabethan England; a cannibal island; and the March's home in Concord, Massachusetts. The adventures seem surprisingly fresh and are less politically incorrect than expected, having originated in the fifties. The Bodecker illustrations retain their original charm, and are supplemented with cover art by Quentin Blake. A delightful diversion for adults to revisit with their favorite young reader.
Children's Literature - Cheryl Peterson
"Be careful what you wish for" is an appropriate cliché for this story of four siblings who are vacationing near a lake full of magic. Jane, Mark, Katherine, and Martha spend the summer trying to tame the lake's magic with the help of a cranky old turtle, and find themselves swimming with mermaids and escaping from pirates. The children finally decide to use their magic to help someone close to them. Told with wit and humor, this story is lighter and less thought provoking than Tuck Everlasting, but is based on a similar theme of having too much of a good thing. One note of caution: originally published in 1957, one chapter finds Martha on an island with natives who are cannibals and speak an abbreviated form of English ("smallum, girlum, fattum," etc.) This portrays a negative stereotype that young readers (or parents and teachers) may find offensive. 1999 (orig.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780152020705
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 1/28/1999
  • Edition description: 1ST HARCOURT YOUNG CLASSICS
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 254,611
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Lexile: 720L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 5.14 (w) x 7.76 (h) x 0.51 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 25, 2013

    Hey look here here her ehre ( typing too fast) HEREEEEEEEE

    Great book. I had been looking for this for about a year now. I thought it was called magic time grass! I just got it finally from the library today and can't put it down. Except ofcourse for basics, to write this reveiw, to surf the web for free magazines ane ebooks and ... hey, follow me on twitter @ fearme (I think that's it) anyways, back to: THE TIME GARDEN... I haven't got all the TIME in the world!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 8, 2011

    Time traveling fun!

    When four children meet a magical being, the Natterjack, time traveling adventures result. Edward Eager uses humor as he tells his story - a great read!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 28, 2004

    The greatest book of all time, indeed

    The Time Garden is one of my favorite books in the whole entire world. Actually, any book by Edward Eager is. He is such a magnificent writer. His tales of fantasy are so enriching and happy...mostly!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 4, 2001

    HIS BOOKS ARE GREAT.....

    I think that Edward Eager is fantastic writer. The Time Garden is the book that I just read for a 5th grade book project. I made very good recamendation because I believe this book was out-standing!!

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