The Enchanted Kitchen Garden

A magnificent lift-the-flap book for an enchanting stroll through the world of vegetables and tiny creatures that inhabit our kitchen gardens.

 

Hello, little gardener! Welcome to my kitchen garden. It's my favourite place in the whole world! I spend my days here sowing, watering, harvesting… and savouring these moments of happiness in the heart of nature.

In this book, I'm going to tell you how I grow each of my favourite vegetables. How they're sown, how they grow, when to harvest them… everything you need to know to become a real gardener! But that's not all… You see, in my kitchen garden, something quite extraordinary happens. Something that no one else seems to notice…

If you look closely, you'll discover my big secret: I'm never truly alone when I'm gardening! So, are you ready to uncover the mysteries of my magical kitchen garden? Turn the page, and open your eyes wide…

 

• A magnificent book that ingeniously reinvents the codes of the naturalist field guide. Here, facts and an enchanting stroll combine to reveal the vegetables that adorn our kitchen gardens, as well as how to grow and enjoy them. For wonder is the first step towards knowing and protecting the world around us.

 

• Each double-page spread focuses on a seasonal vegetable: radishes, artichokes, pumpkins, potatoes… Thanks to an ingenious flap system, the vegetables are revealed in breathtaking, lifelike detail. Alongside the information pages, charming little surprises are tucked away: lean in closer and discover the lives of the tiny sprites that inhabit this very same kitchen garden. A hide-and-seek game that will delight children and grown-ups alike.

 

• At the crossroads of several powerful trends: a sense of wonder at the natural world, fantasy, and cosy cute aesthetics.

 

• This book is the fruit of painstaking work by Misra Karahan. Like a contemporary Beatrix Potter, and not without echoes of Elsa Beskow's universe, the creator invents a wonderful world with real series potential. Passionate about nature and its secrets, and with a strong social media following, this is her very first publication: every illustration is created using traditional techniques, with particular care given to vibrant colours and the lifelike rendering of vegetables.