Beautiful details (just noticed the lovely illustrations on the cover beneath the paper jacket), stunning illustrations, magical atmosphere. Every time I read through it, I notice something new. Agent: Kirsten Hall, Catbird Productions. Love the utterly gorgeous art in THE NIGHT GARDENER, a debut picture book by Eric Fan and Terry Fan (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers).

A treat, with artwork worth lingering over. He attended the Ontario College of Art and Design where he studied illustration, sculpture, and film. Though the gardener leaves soon after and the trees revert to normal as the seasons change, the town thrives, as will William, it seems clear. Eric Fan is an artist and writer who lives in Toronto, Canada. The Night Gardener Book by Terry Fan, Eric Fan Official Publisher Page Simon & Schuster About The Book About The Authors About The Illustrators Product Details Related Articles Awards and Honors Resources and Downloads The Night Gardener. One night, William spots the gardener, follows him, and gets a topiary lesson. Something good.” A topiary parrot appears, an elephant, a magnificent dragon townspeople of varying ages and ethnicities rejoice, and the spreads take on livelier hues. The town, initially rendered in gray pencil, shows a blush of color as people gather to marvel: “Something was happening on Grimloch Lane. In the morning, the man’s artistry is revealed: the tree has been shaped into an owl like the one William has drawn. Terry Fan and Eric Fan are American-born Canadian childrens book writers and illustrators, known collectively as the Fan Brothers. After dark, readers see the stranger at work with his shears in a tree in front of the building. William, an orphan, sits glumly in front of his orphanage scratching an owl in the dirt as a stranger walks by. Brothers Terry and Eric Fan set their first story in a dreary town and imagine what happens when it is transformed by a gardener’s skill.

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