![]() There are countless books that make this point, but most of them do it with a sledgehammer, and little (if any) narrative finesse. After The Night Gardener leaves, the small town remains changed at its core. The Night Gardener is about the magic of art, and its transformative abilities, not just on the physical world, but the spiritual one and the self. William sneaks out at night to find out who the mysterious person is behind these creations, and he ends up becoming a sort of apprentice gardener. ![]() ![]() Over the next several nights more a virtual menagerie pops up around town, with new creatures being added nightly. But one morning William awakes to find that the tree outside his bedroom window has been shaped into a beautiful, wise old owl. William’s small town is drab and grey not a lot of life there. When The Night Gardener finally found its way into our mailbox (Editor’s note: We don’t have a mailbox) we were, to put it mildly, intrigued. The Fan Brothers (Terry and Eric) were there, surrounded by admirers as befit their buzz. I hadn’t, but I was assured it was magnificent. “Have you heard about The Night Gardener yet?” I was asked a few times by a few different people. ![]() Last year I attended a Simon & Schuster event to celebrate a few of their lead up-coming titles, and even though The Night Gardener was not one of the featured books, there was a buzz in the room about it. ![]() Written and Illustrated by The Fan Brothers ![]()
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