Linnea in Monet's Garden:

Linnea has been in Paris. And she has visited the painter Claude Monet's garden! She even stood on the same little Japanese bridge that Monet painted so often in his pictures. In Paris, Linnea got to see many of the real paintings.

Now she can understand what it means to be called an Impressionist, and she knows a lot about Monet's life in the pink house where he lived with his eight children.

Twenty-five years after its original publication, this celebration of the wonder of art is available once again in an enlarged keepsake edition. The joy and inspiration Linnea discovers in Monet's garden will be eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers.

Linnea's Almanac:

Linnea, from Linnea in Monet's Garden and Linnea's Windowsill Garden , is back, and she is inspired by the Old Farmer's Almanac to track the growing things in her city world. Month by month, the round-faced girl with stick-straight hair never lacks for activities, whether making flower garlands, identifying birds or creating a Christmas-present collage out of beach debris. She's an urban child who visits with her friends Mr. Bloom and Mr. Brush to get ideas. The information contained here is solid and written in an extremely articulate (and likable) young voice. Photographs are sprinkled throughout, as are Anderson's intricately drawn illustrations. This treasure of a book is a handy reference as well as a delight to read straight through.