There's a Ghost in the Garden

庭に幽霊がいます。
かつては冷たく暗い小川があった場所には幽霊がいて、道に足跡を残しています。植木鉢やゴミ箱を倒したり、散らかしたりすることも多いので、いたずら好きな幽霊だと思います。

でも、それはきっと優しい幽霊なんだろうなとも思います。なぜなら、時々、わざと置いていかれたような小さな物、たとえば小さなプレゼントを見つけるからです。

ぼくはこれらのものをいくつか集めて、おじいちゃんの小屋の棚に置いています。小屋は古い道具や木くずでいっぱいで、おじいちゃんの匂いがするので大好きです。

おじいちゃんの庭ですごす”ぼく”
幽霊の気配を感じながら、庭の自然やおじいちゃんの昔の記憶を体験していきます。

ふたりのゆったりした時間がとてもうまく表現された絵本です。

There's a Ghost in the Garden
by Kyo Maclear (Author)
Illustrated by:Katty Maurey
Format:Hardback 56 pages, Full-color illustrations throughout
Publisher:Enchanted Lion Books
Imprint:Enchanted Lion Books
ISBN:9781592704057
Published:5 Dec 2024
Weight:536g
Dimensions:228 x 291 x 13 (mm)
Pub. Country:United States

Description
A gentle, probing picture book from award-winning author Kyo Maclear and celebrated illustrator Katty Maurey about the special relationship between a grandfather and his grandson, and the many traces, memories, and even ghosts with which we live. A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2024!A Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2024!One of Maria Popova's Marginalian Favorites of 2024!A Moonbow Favorite Picture Book of 2024! SIX starred reviews! There’s a ghost in Grandpa’s garden. It leaves tracks by the path where there was once a cool, dark stream.

It makes mischief by knocking over flowerpots. And sometimes, it leaves behind a gift perfect for a curious boy in the form of little treasures from times gone by. The boy who is the narrator of this picture book loves spending time with his grandpa in the garden, enjoying the natural world, listening to memories of how things used to be, and making up stories about the friendly ghost.

With Grandpa as his loving guide, the boy learns to look closely at the garden and marvel at its mysteries, to uncover the layers of history that make up this special place, and also to fashion new things from all that he has found.